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is this a way to test for syntax errors?

Yes.

I am not familiar with how to run a debugger on this activestate perl

How do you do it with a non-activestate perl?

I would love to figure out how to test blocks of code for errors like misssing brackets, does use strict do that?

What happens when you try that?

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