Perl Style: Avoid Gratuitous Backslashes
Perl lets you choose your own delimiters on quotes and patterns to avoid Leaning Toothpick Syndrome. Use them.
m#^/usr/spool/m(ail|queue)# qq(Moms said, "That's all, $kid.") tr[a-z] [A-Z]; s { / }{::}gx; s { \.p(m|od)$ }{}x;
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