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C Operators Missing From Perl

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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