C Operators Missing From Perl Here is what C has that Perl doesn't: unary & Address-of
Quote and Quote-like Operators While we usually think of quotes as literal values, in Perl they function as operators, providing various kinds
Exponentiation Binary "**" is the exponentiation operator. It binds even more tightly than
Integer Arithmetic By default, Perl assumes that it must do most of its arithmetic in floating point. But by saying
Bitwise And Binary "&" returns its operands ANDed together bit by bit. Although no warning
Equality Operators Binary "==" returns true if the left argument is numerically equal to
Assignment Operators "=" is the ordinary assignment operator. Assignment
Comma Operator Binary "," is the comma operator. In scalar context it evaluates its left
Bitwise String Operators Bitstrings of any size may be manipulated by the bitwise operators (~ | & ^).
Terms and List Operators (Leftward) A TERM has the highest precedence in Perl. They include variables, quote and quote-like operators, any
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