Piet van Oostrum: I find this a nice feature but it is not … - Larry Wall

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Piet van Oostrum: I find this a nice feature but it is not according to the documentation. Or is it a BUG?
Larry Wall: Let's call it an accidental feature.

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Larry Arnold Wall (born September 27, 1954) is a programmer, best known as the creator of the Perl programming language.

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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.

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