> "first, I can't use %w! to define an array, and secondly You can't call things like that." The second part is a pretty fundamental language difference but yo

> "first, I can't use %w! to define an array, and secondly You can't call things like that." The second part is a pretty fundamental language difference but you can use sigils to handle the first part. E.g., to generate word lists use ~w like so: ~w(bob tom harry) If you don't want to use parens, you could use pointy brackets, braces, pipes or a few other delimiters instead.