in reply to #include equivalent in Perl.

My opinion of #include is that it's probably a considerably bigger mess than modules, with the possible exception of system related constants. I view the whole C/cpp #include|#if etc confabulation to be more than a little clunky, to the point of being a Bad Idea.

emc

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

—Igor Sikorsky, reported in AOPA Pilot magazine February 2003.