# Code using iterator: while( ) { process_line( $_ ); } # Code using call-back: File::ProcessLines( \*INPUT, sub { process_line($_) } ); #### # A merge sort: my $r1= <$i1>; my $r2= <$i2>; while( ! eof($i1) && ! eof($i2) ) { my $cmp= $r1 cmp $r2; print $cmp le 0 ? $r1 : $r2; $r1= <$i1> if $cmp le 0; $r2= <$i2> if 0 le $cmp; } # ... #### File::ProcessLines( $i1, sub { # sub1 my $r1= shift(@_); File::ProcessLines( $i2, sub { # sub2 my $r2= shift(@_); if( $r1 lt $r2 ) { return_from_sub1_but_not_from_sub2; # ... } ); } );