in reply to Help me understand what qq// means

Use the perl index: qq

This Index should contain pointers to all the available things you wil +l find or expect in Perl 5 such as: * built in variables * function names * operators * flow control structures * special characters of regular expressions * exported functions of standard modules * names of functions in other languages with the corresponding nam +es in Perl.....
Real good thing to know about, ++ to szabgab :)