#!/usr/bin/perl sub make_counter_pair { my $start = shift; warn "lexical variable ".\$start." created"; return ( sub { warn "accessing ".\$start; $start++ }, sub { warn "accessing ".\$start; $start++ } ) } my ($c1, $c2) = make_counter_pair(10); my ($c3, $c4) = make_counter_pair(3); print $c1->() . "\n"; print $c2->() . "\n"; print $c1->() . "\n"; print $c2->() . "\n"; print $c3->() . "\n"; print $c4->() . "\n"; print $c3->() . "\n"; print $c4->() . "\n";