Re: [FWP] Could be fun(ny|nier)?

[Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net>]

>$_ = 3.14.15;

That is (in Perl's before 5.6)

  $_ = 3.14 . 15;

that is,

  $_ = 3.14;
  $_ .= 15;

Which is NOT the same as

  $_ = "3.14.15";

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