# parses text like:
# name = japhy  age = "22"  lang = 'Perl'
# into a hash... but it retains those pesky quotes :/
my %data = $text =~ m{
  ([^=\s]+) \s* = \s* 
  (
    ' [^']* ' |
    " [^"]* " |
    \S+
  )
}xg;