#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $first_try;

my $commented_out = <<ENDCOMMENT;
if( $first_try ) {
    print "this part of my code is experimental\n";
    my $message = "it's not ready to be treated as executable yet";
    # do stuff with $message...
}
ENDCOMMENT 

print "@ARGV\n";