in reply to Passing references to subroutines with parameters

You want curried functions, which aren't provided for you in perl. Here's a close approximation using an anonymous sub: 
sub_to_receive('123', sub{ sub_to_be_passed('xyz',@_) });

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Re: Re: Passing references to subroutines with parameters
by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Jul 12, 2001 at 23:07 UTC
    I understand that curried functions have been accepted for inclusion in Perl 6, though. (see RFC 23)
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      Yeah. I can hardly wait for the next Apocalypse.
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