use strict;
use warnings;

if ("\x00" eq "") {
	print "they are the same";
} else {
	print "they are not the same";
}

##</code><code>##

#include <iostream.h>

int main() {
    if (!strcmp("", "\x00")) {
        cout << "they are the same" << endl;
    } else {
        cout << "they are different" << endl;
    }
}