As per BrowserUK, for scripts I put subroutines first, then the main routine at the bottom. Here's roughly how your script would look with my formatting: 

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# Script variables
our $Foo = 'bar';

# Subroutines
sub say_hello {

    my ($name) = @_;
    
    print "Hello $name\n";
}

{
    # Main routine
    my ($name, $greeted) = @ARGV;

    $name //= 'Horace!';
    $greeted //= 'world';
    say_hello($greeted);
}

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I don't see any value in having a subroutine called main which is then called once after being defined. (In fact, I find it distinctly *odd*. Personal preference.)

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

In reply to Re: Main routines, unit tests, and sugar by talexb
in thread Main routines, unit tests, and sugar by stephen

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