[cestith]

Perl is not parsed as it is executed. It is compiled to opcodes then run. The BEGIN block, however, explicitly runs code at compile time. It is literally compiling different code on different days, then attempting to run it.

[RandalSchwartz]

Technically not opcodes, but internal Data Structures. A serializer was written for that, to permit ".pmc files".

[cestith]

Oh, hey, Randal. Thanks for the correction.

Looking forward to the next time we can have steaks and Scotch.