> > Did this come up in a real-world situation, or were you specifically
> > seeking to test the limits of Perl? In other words, what problem, if
> > any, are you trying to solve?
>
> Teaching Perl to students, and to get them to understand the difference
> between pre and post increment.
>
So, I guess you have a much BETTER lesson to teach: Multiple
assigments to a variable between sequence-points (to borrow from C
terminology) can result in bizarre behavior and should be avoided.
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Computer software consists of only two components: ones and
zeros, in roughly equal proportions. All that is required is to
sort them into the correct order.
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