So is that the Perl 6 smart match operator? or something else? In any case... How does it work here? It looks like it's functionally equivalent to scalar()... but why? -- jdporter
--- On Wed, 3/14/12, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) <philippe.bru...@free.fr> wrote: > From: Philippe Bruhat (BooK) <philippe.bru...@free.fr> > Subject: Re: The sperm secret operator: is it new? > To: fwp@perl.org > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 8:29 AM > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:36:10PM > +0100, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While doing some tests/research on secret operators, I > stumbled upon this > > one in my one-liners: > > > > ~~<> > > > > Obviously, this should be named "the sperm operator". > It's only useful > > in list context. Just like sperm cells work better when > there are many > > of them. ;-) > > > > Example usage: > > # the first three lines constitute the > header > @header = ( ~~<>, ~~<>, > ~~<> ); > > -- > Philippe Bruhat (BooK) > > The only way to get a better government is to get better > voters. > > > (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #109 > (Epic)) >
