perlquestion snowrider <!-- Edit: 2001-03-03 by [neshura] removed unclosed <STRONG> tag --> monks, I am a very new perl programmer and i do not understand why i am getting errors when i use strict; i am tring to run a very simple program just by typing the program name on the command line and i get <CODE> "use" may clash with future reserved word at day1_test.1.pl line 3. syntax error in file day1_test.1.pl at line 3, next 2 tokens "use strict" "my" may clash with future reserved word at day1_test.1.pl line 7. "my" may clash with future reserved word at day1_test.1.pl line 8. </CODE> if i type perl program_name on the command line the program works just fine is this normal behavior? any help would be appreciated thanks, snowrider <p><small>Edit: 2001-03-03 by [neshura] </small></p>