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It not even Perl's only ternary operator.

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Re^5: Evaluating the condition ($x ||= $y)
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 26, 2024 at 13:42 UTC

    While it's Perl only infix ternary operators, Perl has circumfix ternary operators. dbmopen, for one.

    I would argue that the substitution and translate operators have three operands as well (pattern, replacement and flags).

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