Why is the exit code 255 instead of -1 in Perl?

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Published on 2010-04-28T02:21:56Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 3:53 UTC
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Why is it that when I shift the exit code, $?, in Perl by eight, I get 255 when I expect it to be -1?

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