>c:\progs\perl560\bin\perl -v This is perl, v5.6.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall Binary build 635 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com Built 15:34:21 Feb 4 2003 ... >c:\progs\perl560\bin\perl -MO=Deparse -e"for my $s ( qw( a b c ) ) {}" foreach my $s ('a', 'b', 'c') { (); } -e syntax OK >c:\progs\perl560\bin\perl -MO=Terse -e"for my $s ( qw( a b c ) ) {}" LISTOP (0x184fcc4) leave [1] OP (0x184fca4) enter COP (0x184fd10) nextstate BINOP (0x184fd4c) leaveloop LOOP (0x1828b24) enteriter [1] OP (0x184ff6c) null [3] UNOP (0x184fe9c) null [141] OP (0x184fe7c) pushmark SVOP (0x184ff10) const SPECIAL #0 Nullsv SVOP (0x184fec8) const SPECIAL #0 Nullsv SVOP (0x184fe48) const SPECIAL #0 Nullsv UNOP (0x184fd74) null LOGOP (0x184fd98) and OP (0x1828b8c) iter LISTOP (0x184fdc0) lineseq OP (0x184fe28) stub OP (0x1828b6c) unstack COP (0x184fdec) nextstate -e syntax OK