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59 print $x1,"\-\>",$x2,"\n";
This line also betrays an interesting psychological problem
What are the backslashes for?
The programmer was not sure what is special in "..."
In a frightening and poorly-understood world, we fall back on superstition
The backslashes are pure superstition
perl -le 'print "-->>->>->->--->->>"' will prove that - and > are perfectly safe
You are an engineer, not a cave-dweller---so act like one
Don't be Superstitious
FYI: $, @, \, and " are the only special characters here
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