C:\perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

C:\>more test.pl
#!perl
use strict;

my $var = 'Beard\n';
print $var;

C:\>perl -d test.pl
Unable to connect to remote host: 127.0.0.1:2000
Compilation failed in require.
        main::BEGIN() called at C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl line 0
        eval {...} called at C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl line 0
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.