c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $raw = '/this/stuff/';
 print 'raw: yes' if 'does/this/stuff/match?' =~ $raw;
 ;;
 my $regex = qr/$raw/;
 print 'regex: yes' if 'and/this/stuff/also?' =~ $regex;
"
raw: yes
regex: yes