#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $label; ($_) = ; my $magic = join '', map {chr hex} /(..)/g; eval $magic; $label = 'START'; print "$label\n"; goto $label; print "This will not print\n"; START: print "Hello, world\n"; exit; END: print "Goodbye, cruel world\n"; __DATA__ 7b6e6f207761726e696e67733b6e6f207374726963743b2a5449455343414c41523d7375627b626c6573737b7d7d3b2a53544f52453d7375627b7d3b2a46455443483d7375627b24612b2b3f454e443a53544152547d3b746965246c6162656c2c6d61696e7da