$ time perl -E 'my $c = log(2) * 1024000; my $d = $c / log(1e100); > $d = int $d; say $d; $c = $c - log(1e100) for 1..$d; > say $c; say "Value is: ", exp $c, " x 1e${d}00";' 3082 125.987232628425 Value is: 5.19469341155068e+54 x 1e308200 real 0m0.039s user 0m0.030s sys 0m0.000s