> ... but what exactly is the "<<" function called?
It's called a "here doc" - it's a unix/shell convention, allowing
multiline input:
$ mail root <<EOM
> hi
>
> mom
>
> .
> EOM
(old 'mail' ends w/ a '.' on line by itself)
perldoc -q HERE.Doc
Found in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/pod/perlfaq4.pod
Why don?t my <<HERE documents work?
...
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