Can it?

use strict;
use warnings;

my @words1 = <INPUT1>
my @words2 = <INPUT2>

__END__
syntax error at G:\x.pl line 5, near "my "
Global symbol "@words2" requires explicit package name at G:\x.pl line
+ 5.
Execution of G:\x.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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It's not even complaining about trying to read from unopened filehandles, because the error occurs at compile time - even before perl realizes that the read operation would fail. The solution is obvious - you forgot a semicolon. But even then, will it hold?

use strict;
use warnings;

open INPUT1, "<", "x.pl";
my @words1 = <INPUT1>;
print "<$_>\n" for @words1;

__END__
<use strict;
>
<use warnings;
>
<
>
<open INPUT1, "<", "x.pl";
>
<my @words1 = <INPUT1>;
>
<print "<$_>\n" for @words1;>

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That doesn't look right. And no wonder - your replacement doesn't do the chomping as it happens in OP's code.

Surely you meant 

my @words1 = map {chomp; $_} <INPUT1>;
my @words2 = map {chomp; $_} <INPUT2>;

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In reply to Re^2: Comparing arrays by muba
in thread Comparing arrays by SayWhat?!

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