I am running a Dual G4 with OS X 10.2 and I keep getting this when trying to run sample code from this site. 
syntax error at phone.pl line 5, near "+=="
"use" not allowed in expression at phone.pl line 19, at end of line
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at phone.pl line 20.

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I am a "serious" newbie, so any help would be welcome. I know that this is something to do with "use" on line 5, but why? Here is a copy of the code to help: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
package Cellular::Automata::1D;

#=====================================================================
+========
#
# $Id: 1D.pm,v 0.01 2001/07/05 20:37:34 mneylon Exp $
# $Revision: 0.01 $
# $Author: mneylon $
# $Date: 2001/07/05 20:37:34 $
# $Log: 1D.pm,v $
# Revision 0.01  2001/07/05 20:37:34  mneylon
# Initial Release
#
#
#=====================================================================
+========

use strict;
use Exporter;
use Carp;

use Data::Dumper;

BEGIN {
    use Exporter   ();
    use vars       qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT %EXPORT_TAGS);
    $VERSION     = sprintf( "%d.%02d", q($Revision: 0.01 $) =~ /\s(\d+
+)\.(\d+)/ );
    @ISA         = qw(Exporter);
    @EXPORT      = qw();
    %EXPORT_TAGS = ( );
}

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