I usually do sub mymethod($$) my ($arg1, $arg2) = @_; } Apart from on the smallest programs. So it does have a method signature (obv it's an untyped l

I usually do sub mymethod($$) my ($arg1, $arg2) = @_; } Apart from on the smallest programs. So it does have a method signature (obv it's an untyped language) There are shortcuts (just like you could write "doSometing() unless $var;"). Perl does give you options. Python has different options for passing methods - passing variables, passing a dict, P.S. while looking at python method declartions, you can send variables, a key-value, multiple keyvalue, and then there's this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16785702 https://stackoverflow.com/a/16785702 Which comes out with f = lambda **dic: ' '.join(dic.get(key, 'None') for key in 'abc') Which is no more or less readable than the most confusing perl I've ever encountered. "Cool Shortcuts" are a problem in any language. There are values in anonymous functions on occasion (especially in sorts), there should be a very compelling reason to do so.