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<=> returns 0, -1 , or 1

   
#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
print"Compare six and nine? ", 6 <=> 9, "\n";
print "Compare seven and seven? ",7 <=> 7, "\n";
print "Compare eight and four? ", 8 <=> 4, "\n";








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