Hmm... 

use strict;
my $a = 1;
my $b = \$a;
print $b, "\n";
print "$b\n";

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both print the same thing - why is that bad? I'm really just curious.

as for $\="\n", I agree, localized is the way to go, but you don't have to do it before each print (unless, of course, your localized version goes out of scope).

but I still stand by "use strict" being more important than removing unnecessary double-quotes

I hope this argument isn't getting too petty :)
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In reply to Re^6: printing a scalar as an array by RazorbladeBidet
in thread printing a scalar as an array by Anonymous Monk

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