Re^2: So what is an array slice anyway?

I know that lists and arrays are different, but as yet I haven't found in the documentation what the difference is. Where in the documentation is the difference between lists and arrays explained? I found this in perldata:

If you evaluate an array in scalar context, it returns the length of the array. (Note that this is not true of lists, which return the last value, like the C comma operator, nor of built-in functions, which return whatever they feel like returning.)

There is also a section on slices in perldata, but where does it say that a slice is a list?

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Re^3: So what is an array slice anyway? by revdiablo (Prior) on Aug 26, 2004 at 05:49 UTC
where does it say that a slice is a list? In a few places spread throughout perldata. Interestingly, the most direct statement on the subject is not from the section on Slices, but is a parenthetical remark in the section on Context: Assignment to a list (or slice, which is just a list anyway) also evaluates the righthand side in list context.	[reply]