At 6:31 PM -0400 9/4/03, Carl Friedberg wrote: >Mark, I can explain number 1 by precedence and the results from number >2, which, however I can not explain, nor understand. Here's a simpler >example of number 2: > >$ perl -e "print (2)*5;" >2
I think John's explanation applies here as well. With warnings enabled: $ perl -we "print (2)*5;" print (...) interpreted as function at -e line 1. Useless use of multiplication (*) in void context at -e line 1. 2 -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
