c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my @ra = (1, 2, 3); my $ar = \@ra; my $ref_deref_ref = \@$ar; print qq{$ar $ref_deref_ref}; ;; $ar == $ref_deref_ref or die 'not same'; " ARRAY(0x145ff0) ARRAY(0x145ff0)