$ pugs -e'my @array=1..5;say "Array is @array[]";'
Array is 1 2 3 4 5
$ pugs -e'my @array=1..5;say "Array is {@array}";'
Array is 1 2 3 4 5
$ pugs -e'my %hash;%hash{"a".."c"}=1..3;say "Hash is %hash{}"'
Hash is a	1
b	2
c	3

$ pugs -e'my %hash;%hash{"a".."c"}=1..3;say "Hash is {%hash}"'
Hash is a	1
b	2
c	3

$ pugs -e'my %hash;%hash{"a".."c"}=1..3;say "Hash is %hash.as(q(%s => %s), q(, ))";'
*** Error: No compatible subroutine found: "&as" at -e line 1, column 35-73
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