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bend the rules differently. I wouldn't exactly call it "bending the rules". For perl or the other two. I read it that perl uses a minimal munch approach at that point of the syntax and hence sees:
Whereas the other two use a maximal munch approach and so see:
I think the use case for Perl's way is using the ternary as the lvalue target of assignment. Something like:
Can Ruby or PHP do that? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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In reply to Re^3: Surprised by Perl parse of ternary operator
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