#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; # usage: first parameter is user name # second parameter is message my ($user, $message) = @ARGV; print "Hello $user. Your message is: $message\n"; sub func { # note: $a and $b are bad variables to use, # as they are special variables used by sort() my ($c,$d) = @_; print $c,$d; return $c+$d; }; print func(10,10);