Hmmm, it just occured to me that maybe I could go down both paths. First I'll finish my module from scratch for my own good. Then I could approach the fellows who wrote the original and I'll have something to show them.

$PM = "Perl Monk's";
$MCF = "Most Clueless Friar Abbot Bishop Pontiff";
$nysus = $PM . $MCF;
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