There are two boolean values: true and false. Perl doesn't have a single way of representing either. 1E0 is true.

Many ops return dualvar(1,'1') for true and dualvar(0,'') for false, but the flip-flop goes beyond that to increase usefulness.

While it is a number, 1E0 is stored as a string (not a float) to make it distinguishable from 1. 

$ perl -MScalar::Util=looks_like_number \
    -le'print looks_like_number("1E0")?1:0'
1

$ perl -le'print for 1E0, "1E0"'
1
1E0

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(By the way, looks_like_number used 4 for true in my test.)

The reason for returning ...E0 is documented.

Update: Added code example

In reply to Re: Booleans from flip-flops by ikegami
in thread Booleans from flip-flops by LanX

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