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perl -Mdiagnostics -we'print (1,2)[1]' print (...) interpreted as function at -e line 1 (#1) (W syntax) You've run afoul of the rule that says that any list op +erator followed by parentheses turns into a function, with all the list operators arguments found inside the parentheses. See perlop/Terms and List Operators (Leftward). syntax error at -e line 1, near ")[" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors (#2) (F) Probably means you had a syntax error. Common reasons include +: A keyword is misspelled. A semicolon is missing. A comma is missing. An opening or closing parenthesis is missing. An opening or closing brace is missing. A closing quote is missing. Often there will be another error message associated with the synt +ax error giving more information. (Sometimes it helps to turn on -w. +) The error message itself often tells you where it was in the line +when it decided to give up. Sometimes the actual error is several toke +ns before this, because Perl is good at understanding random input. Occasionally the line number may be misleading, and once in a blue + moon the only way to figure out what's triggering the error is to call perl -c repeatedly, chopping away half the program each time to se +e if the error went away. Sort of the cybernetic version of S<20 questions>. Uncaught exception from user code: syntax error at -e line 1, near ")[" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. at -e line 1