(C) 2003, Tim Maher       1-30       www.TeachMePerl.com
Number Crunching


Perl's Math capabilities exceed those of Shell's expr
a friend exploited this to win $$ on bar bets
(using one of Perl's predecessors, AWK)

Schemer:
I can write a one-line shell script that calculates the square root of PI!
Chump:
Naaawww.... the Shell only handles integers; I bet $100 !