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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: sh: foo=${bar-baz}; perl: ($foo = $bar) =~ s/^$/baz/;
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Date: 30 Jul 90 22:40:46 GMT
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Anything better?  Remember, the variables could have looooooooong names
you rather wouldn't retype.
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