#!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe
    # ^^^ this must be the first line of the script! ^^^
    # start code
    
    use strict;
    use CGI;
    my $q = new CGI;
    
    # print header and start the markup output
    
    print $q->header( "text/html" ),$q->start_html( "hello from perl cgi!" );
    print $q->h2("hello dave...");
    print $q->end_html;
    # end code