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Well in perl there’s a concept of sigils.

my @num = (1, 2, 3);

my $num = 25;

say $num[1];

So that last line prints 2, which is obvious by looking at it, but can be difficult in more complex code when you’re overloading names by the way the variable is accessed.

Everything in perl is a rabbit hole of details, as an aside.

Anyhow, I just appreciate that the symbols always mean the same thing. Takes a load off of my brain. Like a single character type annotation, kinda.




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