Why is there so much “magic” in Perl?

Question

Looking through the perlsub and perlop manpages I\'ve noticed that there are many references to \"magic\" and \"magical\" there (just search any of them for \"magic\"). I wonder

Answer 1

I wonder why is Perl so rich in them.

To make things easy.

You'll find that most "magic" in Perl is to simplify the syntax for common tasks.