Multiplicative Operators Binary "*" multiplies two numbers. Binary
Floating-point Arithmetic While use
Gory details of parsing quoted constructs When presented with something that might have several different interpretations, Perl uses the DWIM
Smartmatch Operator First available in Perl 5.10.1 (the 5.10.0 version behaved differently), binary ~~ does a "smartmatch"
Quote-Like Operators q/STRING/ 'STRING'
Range Operators Binary ".." is the range operator, which is really two different operators
Named Unary Operators The various named unary operators are treated as functions with one argument, with optional parentheses.
Logical Defined-Or Although it has no direct equivalent in C, Perl's // operator is related
Bigger Numbers The standard
C-style Logical And Binary "&&" performs a short-circuit logical AND operation.
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