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in thread What is the difference between the constant construct in Perl and the Readonly construct in Perl?

PI => 3.1415926535897932;

Ah but... 

printf "%19.17f\n", 3.1415926535897932;;
3.14159265358979310

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Blame IEEE 754, not me :)

... articulate verbal sparring of Gladsone and Disraeli ...

I wish. Baldrick maybe ;)

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