Re: [Fun With Perl] Re: How to swap $p and $q without $tmp

["Bill Jones" <bill@fccj.org>]

> Easy. Just right to left. Equivalent multiline version:
> 
>  $q ^= $p;
>  $p ^= $q;
>  $q ^= $p;
>
> BTW, why does this work with strings of different length?
> Deep Perl magic?
>
> (puzzled)

This, I believe, is the true power of Perl over C
(and, WTROSALW) other lesser langs...

-Sneex- :]
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