Quote #90
True, it returns ' ' for false, but ' ' is an even more interesting number than 0.
More from Larry Wall
- I'm sure a mathematician would claim that 0 and 1 are both very interesting numbers. :-)
- Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.
- I think you didn't get a reply because you used the terms 'correct' and 'proper', neither of which has much meaning in Perl culture. :-)
- We didn't put in ^^ because then we'd have to keep telling people what it means, and then we'd have to keep telling them why it doesn't sho…
- You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language. :-)
- Anybody want a binary telemetry frame editor written in Perl?
- P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes for one) is to take over the world like English did. Er, *as* English did...
- Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies. :-)