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=={{header|Perl}}==
=={{header|Perl}}==


The perl scripting language allows prototypes to be checked during JIT compilation. Prototypes should be placed before subroutine definitions, declarations, or anonymous subroutines. The sigil [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Special_characters#Perl|special symbols] act as argument type placeholders.
The perl scripting language allows prototypes to be checked during JIT compilation. Prototypes should be placed before subroutine definitions, declarations, or anonymous subroutines. The sigil [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Special_characters#Perl special symbols] act as argument type placeholders.


<lang perl>sub noargs(); # Declare a function with no arguments that returns an integer
<lang perl>sub noargs(); # Declare a function with no arguments that returns an integer