$ perl -e 'my $m = 20; print $m++ + $m++, "\n"' 41 $ perl -e 'my $m = 20; print $m++ + ++$m, "\n"' 42 $ perl -e 'my $m = 20; print ++$m + $m++, "\n"' 43 $ perl -e 'my $m = 20; print ++$m + ++$m, "\n"' 44