c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my @ra;
 ;;
 $ra[3] = 42;
 print 'A: elements in array: ', scalar @ra;
 ;;
 $ra[[1]] = 99;
 print 'B: elements in array: ', scalar @ra;
"
A: elements in array: 4
Use of reference "ARRAY(0x5cc15c)" as array index at -e line 1.
B: elements in array: 6078813