Re^3: version string oddities (-bug)

Hmm, check this out:

% perl -le'print -"-aaa"'
+aaa
% perl -le'print -"+aaa"'
-aaa
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That's highly unexpected to me.

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Re^4: version string oddities (-bug) by gustavderdrache (Acolyte) on Sep 24, 2006 at 20:00 UTC
Looks like you don't even need the quotes: `$ perl -le 'print -aaa' -aaa $ perl -le 'print -+-aaa' +aaa` [download] You can't put "--aaa" because Perl thinks it's a decrement. "If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce" -- Winston Churchill	[reply] [d/l]