Un-Answered Questions { CGI Perl }

If EXPR is an arbitrary expression, what is the difference between $Foo::{EXPR} and *{"Foo::".EXPR}?

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Perl uses single or double quotes to surround a zero or more characters. Are the single(' ') or double quotes (" ") identical?

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What does `$result = f() .. g()' really return?

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What does `new $cur->{LINK}' do? (Assume the current package has no new() function of its own.)

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What happens to objects lost in "unreachable" memory, such as the object returned by Ob->new() in `{ my $ap; $ap = [ Ob->new(), $ap ]; }' ?

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What's the difference between /^Foo/s and /^Foo/?

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When would `local $_' in a function ruin your day?

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Why aren't Perl's patterns regular expressions?

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Why is it hard to call this function: sub y { "because" } ?

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How do I replace every character in a file with a comma?

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Which of these is a difference between Perl and C++ ?

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How do I sort a hash by the hash value?

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How do I sort a hash by the hash key?

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How many ways can we express string in Perl?

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How to read file into hash array ?

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