The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.
Perl programming is an *empirical* science!
Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.
Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is
I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is...
Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.
Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.