Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly? (contributed by brian d foy) You're probably trying to convert a string to a number, which Perl only converts as a decimal number. When Perl converts a string to a number, it ignores leading spaces and zeroes, then assumes the rest of ...
So readers if you learn anything from this parody learn this - when offering bids or payment convert the amount to binary, give that number to the recipient and then when they take it to the bank convert the binary number back to decimal - thus a $100,000 tip for a hooker converted ba...