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C Operators Missing From Perl

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Here is what C has that Perl doesn't:

unary &: Address-of operator. (But see the ``\'' operator for taking a reference.)
unary *: Dereference-address operator. (Perl's prefix dereferencing operators are typed: $, @, %, and &.)
(TYPE): Type casting operator.

Source: Perl operators and precedence
Copyright: Larry Wall, et al.

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