in reply to Strange Observation [SOLVED]

My reaction would be to just go ahead and give it the filehandle it wants instead of playing with the syntax options, e.g.
say STDOUT zip ('ABCDEFGHIJ','abcde');
Update: i.e. having done so, a space or not after 'zip' shouldn't be an issue

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Re^2: Strange Observation [SOLVED]
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Jul 14, 2015 at 17:46 UTC
    "...give it the filehandle...playing with the syntax..."

    Yes sure, but please compare say STDOUT zip ('ABCDEFGHIJ','abcde'); with say zip 'ABCDEFGHIJ', 'abcde'; and then tell me honestly who plays ;-) BTW, playing with the syntax isn't a bad thing.

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