Date: 2008-07-15 10:47 Subject: Perl n00b question Security: Public Current Mood: n00b

I'm a long-time shell programmer, but I'm not that hot with Perl.

Most shells have a source command, analogous to C's #include. I have a bunch of Perl scripts that have hard-coded data that needs to be abstracted out, e.g.,

$my_site = "New Jersey";

There will also be a couple small functions in the "if not cached, do the expensive thing then cache it, else use the cached value" vein.

Should I try to use whatever Perl's equivalent of source is, or is this involved enough to cobble together a library or module?