A.P.Lawrence Perl Tests q0836

February 2008: These tests are all badly in need of update.
Some questions are incorrect because of changing technology and others just make no sense in today's IT world.
I do intend to update these, but it's a big project..

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In the following program, what does "-no-match-vars" mean?

#!/usr/bin/perl
use English '-no-match-vars';
while (<>) {
 print $ARG;
}

Don't provide aliases for regex variables like $&, $` and $'
Don't allow use of any variables in matches
Don't match $_, $. etc.

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