ok.. not sure why this works on one system vs. the other. I have an application that should run on Win32 as well as *NIX systems. I declare several hash's using 'our %some_hash' and the associated values for the hash. here is an example: 
our %hash = (
      '1' =>'F,n,4',
      '2' =>'LL,n,19'
);

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this runs fine on Win32 system but when I run this on AIX I get the following error(s):
Bareword "our" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at program_name.pl line 139.
Bareword "fldFmt" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at program_name.pl line 139.
Operator or semicolon missing before %fldFmt at program_name.pl line 139.
Ambiguous use of % resolved as operator % at program_name.pl line 139.
Global symbol "%fldFmt" requires explicit package name at program_name.pl line 628.
Execution of program_name.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

perl on win32 is "v5.6.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread" and the version on AIX is "version 5.005_03 built for aix". Why do I get errors on one system vs. the other? Is this due to perl version / build differences?
PS. the program is runs fine using 'my' to declare the hash on both systems (technically the hash should be declared as a global according to programming perl by O'REILLY).

In reply to using 'our' on Win32 vs Unix by djbiv

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