001: 'a' x 3 => 'aaa'
002: 'a' x 3*2 => 'aaa' * 2 ==> error ...

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C:\>perl -E "my $foo = 'a'; say 'a' x (3*2); say 'hey, goombatz!';"
aaaaaa
hey, goombatz!