One possibility that I've considered using before is storing in your hash the insertion order.

Consider the following code: 

my %hash;
my $count = 0;
while ( my $line = <DATA> ) {
    chomp $line;
    next unless $line;
    my ( $key, $value ) = split /\s*=\s*/, $line;
    $hash{$key} = { 'Order' => $count++,
                    'Value' => $value
                  };
}
my @ordered_keys = sort { 
                            $hash{$a}{Order} <=> $hash{$b}{Order} 
                        } keys %hash;
print "$_ = $hash{$_}{Value}\n" for @ordered_keys;
__DATA__
Bart = Simpsons
Elane = Seinfeld
Ross = Friends
Oscar the Grouch = Sesame Street

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Dave

In reply to Re: Sorting hash references by davido
in thread Sorting hash references by diparun

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