I tend to prefer the function-oriented interface of CGI.pm, even with the extra overhead, but YMMV.

  use CGI qw/:standard/;
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Note that it's fairly easy to both concatenate with commas, and to nest, so that it looks very close to actual html. :-)

  print p({-class=>"highlight"},
    "If you need to return to the selection page, you can ",
    a({-href=>"/index.htm", -class=>"backlink"}, "click here"),
    "to go back."
  );
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