Brian Volk wrote:
Of course I have one more rookie question and a reference to a perldoc is just fine. :~) If I use the following code, why do I not need to declare the $a and the $b w/ my?

Correct. This is explained in perldoc perlvar:

   $a
   $b  Special package variables when using sort(), see "sort" in
       perlfunc.  Because of this specialness $a and $b don't need to
       be declared (using use vars, or our()) even when using the
       "strict 'vars'" pragma.  Don't lexicalize them with "my $a" or
       "my $b" if you want to be able to use them in the sort() com-
       parison block or function.


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