Shift Operators Binary "<<" returns the value of its left argument shifted left by

Quote and Quote-like Operators While we usually think of quotes as literal values, in Perl they function as operators, providing various kinds

C Operators Missing From Perl Here is what C has that Perl doesn't: unary & Address-of

Multiplicative Operators Binary "*" multiplies two numbers. Binary

Bitwise And Binary "&" returns its operands ANDed together bit by bit. Although no warning

Comma Operator Binary "," is the comma operator. In scalar context it evaluates its left

Smartmatch Operator First available in Perl 5.10.1 (the 5.10.0 version behaved differently), binary ~~ does a "smartmatch"

Gory details of parsing quoted constructs When presented with something that might have several different interpretations, Perl uses the DWIM

Integer Arithmetic By default, Perl assumes that it must do most of its arithmetic in floating point. But by saying

Bitwise String Operators Bitstrings of any size may be manipulated by the bitwise operators (~ | & ^).