DCPM: Little syntax query

[Neil Williams]

I'm confused over ? : conditionals
If I have this code:
if($asyncz == 0) {$port = $list[5];}
else{ $port = $list[3];}

Why doesn't this work instead?
$asyncz ? $port = $list[5] : $port = $list[3];

Also, is ? : limited to if then else - if there is no else, do I have to use 
if() {} anyway?

$ perl -e '$asyncz = 0 ; $asyncz ? $port = 5 : $port = 3; print $port;'
$ perl -e '$asyncz = 1; $asyncz ? $port = 5 : $port = 3; print $port;''

Both give 3.

My otherwise excellent documentation doesn't give an example.

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