Why false value outputs as empty string?

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print "Result: " . (0 == 1); # Result:
print "Result: " . (1 == 1); # Result: 1

Why does perl output an empty string for a false value and not 0?

Possible duplicate of [Why does !1 give me nothing in Perl?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1134962/why-does-1-give-me-nothing-in-perl) and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3914129/why-does-perl-use-the-empty-string-to-represent-the-boolean-false-value?rq=1 — Thilo, Sep 06 '16 at 01:20

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 06 '16 at 15:43

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Because in Perl, the false value returned by many operators and builtins is a special value that is 0 in a numeric context and '' in a string context.

edited Sep 06 '16 at 15:43

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Why false value outputs as empty string?

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