> Hi,
> 
> Are there 'aliases' in perl?  For example, if I have a Korn shell script and
> a function named "increaseCost()", I can do this:  "alias
> decreaseCose=increaseCost" (passing a parameter in)..... of course this is a
> simplified example of what I want to do, but the point is to make > it
> self-documenting.

> Maybe what I need is a "reference" ?

Indeed it is. Such as:
my $increaseCost_ref = \&increaseCost;

To call it:
$increaseCost_ref->($some_arg);

Cheers!

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