our $reference = "global"; { my $reference = "local"; print "reference equals ${reference}, "; print "symbolic reference equals ${'reference'}.\n"; } print "Here ${reference} and ${'reference'} both come out of the sysbol table.\n"; print "This also shows how local differs from local\n"; { local $reference = "local"; print "reference equals ${reference}, "; print "symbolic reference equals ${'reference'}.\n"; }