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A "not-really-comment" that may be used also as a usage message... 
my $comment= <<END_COMMENT
this is how my script works
and this is why it doesn't work
blah blah
END_COMMENT
; # don't forget the final ";"

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... then usage function may print the $comment variable

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Re: Answer: Better ways to make multi-line comments in Perl?
by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 25, 2014 at 15:18 UTC
    You can put the semicolon after the here-doc indicator: 
    my $comment = << 'END_COMMENT';
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END_COMMENT

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