perl -MO=Deparse - :;$:=~s: -:;another Perl Hacker :;chop $:;$:=~y :;::d;print+Just. $:; __END__ $: =~ s/\n-/;another Perl Hacker\n /; chop $:; $: =~ tr/;//d; print 'Just' . $:; - syntax OK