(a1 + b1) * (a2 * a3 * a4 + a2 * a3 * b4 + ...) #### (a1 + b1) * (a2 + b2) * (a3 + b3) * (a4 + b4) #### $sum = 1; for my $i (0 .. 3) { $sum *= $A[$i] + $B[$i]; } say $sum; #### my $sum = 0; for my $pattern (map unpack('b4', pack 's', $_), 0 .. 15) { my $prod = 1; for my $i (0 .. 3) { $prod *= (\@A, \@B)[substr $pattern, $i, 1][$i]; } $sum += $prod; } say $sum;