Re: Shortest non-numeric Perl expression for each number

[Daniel Tiefnig]

Ton Hospel wrote:
For a good average:

$X[0]  = $a;
Well, this gives $X[0] == '', at least on 5.8 here... (And I'm pretty 
sure it does too on 5.6.x.. :o)

$X[1]  = //;
$X[2]  = $^F++;
$X[3]  = $^F++;
So, why not just

$X[0] = $a++;
$X[1] = $a++;
$X[2] = $a++;
$X[3] = $a++;
Duh. :o)

lg,
daniel