Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly

[Tom Christiansen]

>Well, remember that BEGIN{} blocks are just subs too, with an optional
>'sub'.

Not exactly.  They are not callable, as they disappear immediately.
More importantly, they have no @_, and things like pop and shift
act upon @ARGV from within them.

The compilerish chapter of the Camel calls them blocks.

--tom