my $stuff1; my $stuff2; my $stuff3; BEGIN { $stuff1 = 'stuff1 stuff'; $stuff2 = 'stuff2 stuff'; $stuff3 = 'stuff3 stuff'; } my $stuff4; INIT { $stuff4 = 'stuff4 stuff'; } print "stuff 1: $stuff1\n"; print "stuff 2: $stuff2\n"; print "stuff 3: $stuff3\n"; print "stuff 4: $stuff4\n";