Environmental Variables from Perl

Maybe I'm missing something here, but look at the following code sniglet:

--$  cat bite.pl
$ENV{verb}="bite";

system 'echo ${verb}_me';

When I run this I get:

--$ perl bite.pl
bite_me

Maybe this will solve the problem?

HTH

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Peter L. Berghold	Brewer of Belgian Ales
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