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{
   name          => 'Bob Kowalski',
...
   home_state    => 'Florida',
   hobbies       => [ 'ham radio', 'Perl programming', 'running' ],
}

{
   name          => 'Kranessa Evans',
...
   home_state    => 'Texas',
   hobbies       => [ 'Perl programming', 'writing', 'polo' ],
}

#!/opt/perl

...

store_to_file( '/data/students.db', \@students );  # This make-believe
+ easy-peasy function 
                                                   # would be built in
+to Perl.

use Storable qw( nstore_fd retrieve_fd );

...
    close(DF);
    return $data_ref;
}