Re: [MacPerl] FNG

[rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu (Ronald J. Kimball)]

Chris Nandor wrote:
> 
> At least, this makes the Camel wrong as I read it.  But it seems clear to
> me that these scalars are typed as strings and as numbers depending on how
> you used it.  Else ~$x would always produce the same thing, since in every
> case $x == 1 (and $x eq '1' :).
> 

The Camel also states that the bitwise operators are one of the few places
where Perl actually does care whether a scalar is a number or a string.
(And I suppose the only reason for that is because there aren't two sets of
bitwise operators, as there are two sets of comparison operators.)

Ronald