#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.016;
use strict;
use warnings;

my @foo = ("bar", "baz", "bat");
say "\@foo with the backslash is: \@foo";

say "\@foo without the slash is @foo";


=head

C:\>thanos.pl
@foo with the backslash is: @foo  # i.e., the escape makes it print as a literal "@" here
@foo without the slash is bar baz bat  # but here, Perl gives you the values in @foo!


=cut