Yeah, I know what you're saying... This is what I have (and what I'm trying to run away from):
# parses HTML files as templates
#################################################
sub MakeHTML {
    
    my ($file,%HTML) = @_;
    my ($line,$tag,$html);
    
    # open HTML file
    open(READ,$file) || return(0);
    foreach $line (<READ>) {
        foreach $tag (keys %HTML) {
            # substitute tags
            $line =~ s/\[$tag\]/$HTML{$tag}/gi;
        }
        # gather parsed HTML
        $html .= $line;
    }
    close(READ);

    return($html);
}

# assign things like
$STUFF{'myname'} = 'John Burbridge';
$STUFF{'myage'} = 26;

# then print it
my $html = MakeHTML('/path/to/template.htm',$STUFF)
    or Errors('couldnt parse the template');

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print $html;

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and the template file would look like this:
<html><body>
My name is [myname] and I am [myage] years old.
</body></html>

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Sure it looks pretty simple and handy at 1st glance, but beleive me: ITS A BAD HABIT. I had to learn this the hard way...

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