Include the English library file in a Ruby script, and you can reference the global variables such as VAR{$_} using less cryptic names, listed in the following table.% vref{tab:english}. Without 'English': $\ = ' -- ' "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/ print $", $', $$, "\n" With English: require "English" $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' -- ' "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/ print $LOADED_FEATURES, $POSTMATCH, $PID, "\