in reply to Dereferencing and comment from Camel

Nope, I think that's about it, unless you consider slices a form of dereferencing ;)(in which case the $ sigil ain't involved)
my %hash = ( abe => 1, lincoln => 2 ); print for @hash{ abe => lincoln }; __END__


MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!
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