Additive Operators Binary "+" returns the sum of two numbers. Binary

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

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

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

Equality Operators Binary "==" returns true if the left argument is numerically equal to

Assignment Operators "=" is the ordinary assignment operator. Assignment

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

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

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

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