fishy conditional expression

the following script:

if (@f = `cat nonExistentFile` ) {
print 1;
}

if (@f = `cat nonExistentFile` && (1==1)) {
print 2;
}

gets:

cat: nonExistentFile: No such file or directory
cat: nonExistentFile: No such file or directory
2

seems to me both print statements should be skipped. what am i missing?

tom arnall
north spit, ca


"Relax, the tests extend the compiler."

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