# getting just the year $y = (localtime($utc))[5]+1900; # Basic hash un-rolling # (this is an example, better var names in real life) foreach my $a (sort keys %hash) { foreach my $b (sort keys %{ $hash{$a} }) { # co-workers stumble at the line above } } # in an OO module sub print_stats { $_[0]->{fh}->stats(); } # lastly, co-workers are often confussed by : use strict; #### $ perl -e 'do() || ! do() ;' Undefined subroutine &main::try