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in thread Need to know on the differnece between the usgae of $st_mode and $'st_mode what does the single quote refer to

No. ' is the name of the variable, and because you don't declare it, it is global, and because the current package is main, they are &main::' and @main::' respectively 
$ perl -le"print \@', \@{qq!main::'!}"
ARRAY(0x979ff4)ARRAY(0x979ff4)


$ perl -le"print &'"
Undefined subroutine &main::' called at -e line 1.

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