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ok, so you found an exception. Well, kinda. There's no IO library function that corresponds to division.

Anyway, the point stands: Where other languages might use exception, Perl primarily returns false on error.

Update: Clearer wording

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Re^6: What technical benfits perl offers over python + few more questions.
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 16, 2021 at 22:29 UTC
    So you were only talking about IO and meant the lack of default to autodie?

    Wasn't obvious to me.

    Cheers Rolf
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      Of course you can create your own subs that throws exceptions, like autodie does. I don't know why you bring that up. I didn't talk about libraries at all except to say that Perl can throw exceptions.

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        > I don't know why you bring that up.

        because I didn't understand why you said

        > > > > > Differences: Perl operators don't throw exceptions,

        never mind! :)

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
        Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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