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In most languages, each operator and builtin has one effect
You have to memorize the effect of + and printf
In Perl, each operator and builtin has two effects
You have to memorize both of them
For example:
     $n = @a;
     @v = @a;
Or:
     $date_string = localtime();
     @date_components = localtime();
Or:
     $one_line = <FILEHANDLE>;
     @all_the_lines = <FILEHANDLE>;
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