dear monks,

# Function oriented
use CGI qw(:standard);
print header;
print start_html("Hello World");


# Object Oriented
use CGI;                    # don't need qw(:standard)
$cgi = CGI->new;         # ($cgi is now the object)
print $cgi->header;      # function call: $obj->function
print $cgi->start_html("Hello World");
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As you can see in the above 2 examples The CGI is used in function-oriented style and object-oriented style. But I coult not find any document which explains about the function oriented and object oriented way of using Perl modules. If any one can give me a brief explanation about that, would be a great help

Apologies if this has been discussed already

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