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References are scalars in Perl. @$ dereferences an array ref and %$ derefs a hash ref. You can also reference a scalar in Perl and deref it with $$ but I never

by cutler 5y ago

References are scalars in Perl. @$ dereferences an array ref and %$ derefs a hash ref. You can also reference a scalar in Perl and deref it with $$ but I never understood why you would want to.