Right. At least, the first two are right: '@' is a stylized 'a' (for 'array') and '$' is a stylized 's' (for 'scalar'). And '%' is a stylized key-value pair,

Right. At least, the first two are right: '@' is a stylized 'a' (for 'array') and '$' is a stylized 's' (for 'scalar'). And '%' is a stylized key-value pair, so used for a Perl hash. IIRC. Whatever else you may think of Larry Wall, you can't accuse him of not being ingenious :) >sufficient amount of context. nice('perl pun') unless not intended; https://www.google.co.in/search?q=perl+scalar+and+list+context https://www.google.co.in/search?q=perl+scalar+and+list+conte... https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/unless.html https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/unless.html