Quote #91

Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.

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  1. True, it returns ' ' for false, but ' ' is an even more interesting number than 0.
  2. 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…
  3. I'm sure a mathematician would claim that 0 and 1 are both very interesting numbers. :-)
  4. Anybody want a binary telemetry frame editor written in Perl?
  5. 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. :-)
  6. Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies. :-)
  7. You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language. :-)
  8. Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.

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