Re: The sperm secret operator: is it new?

=0ASo is that the Perl 6 smart match operator? or something else?=0AIn any =
case... How does it work here?  It looks like it's functionally=0Aequivalen=
t to scalar()... but why?=0A-- =0Ajdporter=0A=0A=0A--- On Wed, 3/14/12, Phi=
lippe Bruhat (BooK) <[email protected]> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Philippe =
Bruhat (BooK) <[email protected]>=0A> Subject: Re: The sperm secret o=
perator: is it new?=0A> To: [email protected]=0A> Date: Wednesday, March 14, 201=
2, 8:29 AM=0A> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:36:10PM=0A> +0100, Philippe Bruha=
t (BooK) wrote:=0A> > Hi,=0A> > =0A> > While doing some tests/research on s=
ecret operators, I=0A> stumbled upon this=0A> > one in my one-liners:=0A> >=
 =0A> >=A0 =A0=A0=A0~~<>=0A> > =0A> > Obviously, this should be named "the =
sperm operator".=0A> It's only useful=0A> > in list context. Just like sper=
m cells work better when=0A> there are many=0A> > of them. ;-)=0A> > =0A> =
=0A> Example usage:=0A> =0A> =A0=A0=A0# the first three lines constitute th=
e=0A> header=0A> =A0=A0=A0@header =3D ( ~~<>, ~~<>,=0A> ~~<> );=0A> =0A> --=
 =0A>  Philippe Bruhat (BooK)=0A> =0A>  The only way to get a better govern=
ment is to get better=0A> voters.=0A> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=0A> =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=0A> =A0=A0=A0(Moral from Groo The Wanderer =
#109=0A> (Epic))=0A>