Perl magic reduces to a bunch of edge cases and special rules that lack any form of cohesion. I can think of two general philosophical premises which underlie

Perl magic reduces to a bunch of edge cases and special rules that lack any form of cohesion. I can think of two general philosophical premises which underlie most of those special rules in Perl: implicit variables and context. Most tutorials and books explain them poorly, which is why so many people never understand them.