I have been a programmer for many years, but only recently found Perl. So far, I love what I see, and only wish I had gotten involved 15 years ago when my brain was a lot sharper! I have been reading many of the great Perl books out there, and I'm trying to absorb a lot about this unique language first before I dive in coding. So my question is VERY basic: it has to do with Perl statements. For the most part, they are C-like and should usually each be on a line of it's own, terminated with a semicolon. No problem. But then I see this comma usage, as in "Perls of Wisdom", page 22: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
$names++, shift if ARGV[0] eq "-l";
$search = shift;
$showname = @ARGV > 1;
...

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Also, I see syntax like: 
$c = do { $a = 3, $b = 6 };   # a block, $c = 6

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Could someone please clarify the comma usage? Thanks, Ray

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