in reply to How to Run/Convert(?) Script Built on 5.8.4 to 5.004

I need to run them on a office server where Perl 5.004 was installed

You might be interested in a talk Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni gave at the Nordic Perl Workshop 2007 entitled Old Perls and New Code. It sounds like it covers the problem you're facing.

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