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What is the difference between Perl's ( or, and ) and ( ||, && ) short-circuit operators?

perl short-circuiting asked Oct 3 '09 at 1:43

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Can I copy a hash without resetting its “each” iterator?

perl asked Jun 6 '12 at 19:54

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11 votes

How to you distinguish a symbol table from a regular hash variable?

perl glob asked Mar 1 '11 at 21:31

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10 votes

How can I still get automatic assignment to '$_' with a mocked 'readline' function?

perl asked Feb 22 '11 at 17:44

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10 votes

Why does only one of these tell me “Modification of a read-only value attempted”?

perl asked Sep 29 '12 at 1:13

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6 votes

How do I disable END blocks in child processes?

perl fork asked Nov 29 '10 at 19:55

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5 votes

How do I conditionally compile C code snippets to my Perl module?

perl swig xs asked Apr 7 '10 at 6:13

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5 votes

Is there a tool to manage multiple installations of PHP on one machine (e.g. to support different versions)?

php asked May 17 '12 at 17:38

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Code Golf: Lights out!

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