Re^5: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me'

Yes, even though I knew the result, I did test. I even used 5.14.0 on Windows like you. (ActivePerl build 1400, to be specific.)

>perl -e "print \"true\" if 'nanosecond'== 'nanosecond'"
true
>perl -e "print \"true\" if 'nanosecond'!= 'nanosecond'"

>perl -e "print \"true\" if 'informal'== 'formal'"
true
>perl -e "print \"true\" if 'informal'!= 'formal'"

>
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'nanosecond', 'informal' and 'formal' are all numerically equal to zero, so your build is very buggy.

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Re^6: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 07, 2012 at 08:51 UTC
so your build is very buggy Oh, of course ... my pathetic dumbarse build is buggy ... how could I not have realised this !! Now, excuse me while I go puke somewhere .... Rob	[reply]
Re^6: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by lutok (Scribe) on Mar 05, 2012 at 23:54 UTC
I'm coming in a little late, but this is what I got on Mac Lion, perl-5.14.2: `perl -e "print \"true\" if 'nanosecond'== 'nanosecond'" perl -e "print \"true\" if 'nanosecond'!= 'nanosecond'" true perl -e "print \"true\" if 'informal'== 'formal'" perl -e "print \"true\" if 'informal'!= 'formal'" true` [download] strange Update: Oh I see ... 'nan'...'inf'	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 06, 2012 at 08:13 UTC
Could you give me the output of the following, please? `perl -le'print "foo" == 0 ? "as per docs" : "deviates from docs"'` [download] perldata: strings that aren't numbers count as 0, just as they do in awk	[reply] [d/l]
Re^8: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by Anonymous Monk on Mar 06, 2012 at 08:21 UTC
You missed the update :) `$ perl -le " print int $_ for qw/ na nan nanners in inf infant /" 0 -1.#IND -1.#IND 0 1.#INF 1.#INF` [download] perlop mentions NaN, while bigint...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^9: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by lutok (Scribe) on Mar 06, 2012 at 11:31 UTC
Re^10: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by Anonymous Monk on Mar 06, 2012 at 11:36 UTC
Re^9: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 06, 2012 at 21:58 UTC
Re^10: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 07, 2012 at 09:25 UTC