So is this one of those instance where perl will do different things based on what subs are defined?

When I try:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

sub System {
  print "System\n";
}

sub out {
  print "out\n";
}

System.out.print("Just another perl hacker?");
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I get no errors and it prints both "System" and "out"....

Update:

#!/usr/bin/perl

# comment out these two lines to change meaning of construct in main
sub System { return "SystemSub " }
sub out { return "OutSub " };

my $val = main();
print "\n'$val'\n";

sub main {
  System.out.print("Just another perl hacker?");
}
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-Blake

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