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Also, die (by default unless caught) returns a non-zero exit status to the operating system, whereas exit (by default) returns a zero exit status.

Update: corrected as per ikegami's comment.

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Re^2: different between die and exit
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 24, 2009 at 07:18 UTC

    It makes no sense to talk of "by default" for die. There's no argument to specify the exit code, so it can't be omitted to use the default.

    Also, die always returns non-zero ($! || ($?>>8) || 255).

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