my $reqs = [ HTTP::Request->new('GET', "http://www.sun.com"), HTTP::Request->new('GET', "http://www.perlmonks.org") ]; #the above list of requests is not equivalent to: @urls = ("www.sun.com","www.perlmonks.org"); my $reqs = [ HTTP::Request->new('GET', $urls[0]), HTTP::Request->new('GET', $urls[1]) ];