#! perl -slw
use strict;

sub map2 (&@) {
	use Carp;
	my $code = shift;
	croak 'Odd number of values in list' if @_ & 1;
	map { local ($a, $b) = (shift,shift); $code->() } 1 .. (@_>>1);
}

sub cmpVer{ eval{'v'.$_[0] cmp 'v'.$_[1];} } # << This is the salient bit

my @a = qw[
	1.1.1	1.1.1
	1.1.1	1.1.2
	1.1.2	1.1.1
	1.1.10	1.2.0
	0.111.0	9.0.0
	9.0.0	0.111.0
	1.4.999	1.5.0
];

map2{
	printf "%10s %2.2s %s\n", $a, (qw/== > </)[cmpVer($a, $b)], $b;
} @a;
__END__
C:\test>228707
     1.1.1 == 1.1.1
     1.1.1  < 1.1.2
     1.1.2  > 1.1.1
    1.1.10  < 1.2.0
   0.111.0  < 9.0.0
     9.0.0  > 0.111.0
   1.4.999  < 1.5.0

C:\test>

##</code><code>##

map2{ print $a, $b; } qw[a b c d];