if ($something) { print "Something happened"; print "I could have defined this elsewhere in the file"; print "Or even used one of the fine templating modules..."; print "...available from a CPAN mirror near you..."; print "but instead I'm going to print 40 lines of code.."; print "and make this upcoming 'else' statement.."; print "really had to find without bracket bouncing all the time."; } else { print "you're going to have to bracket-bounce this one too.."; print "to skip what is basically a "do this or this" piece of code."; . . }