#!/path/to/perl my $X = \$X; my $Y = \$Y; if ( \$X == \$Y ) { printf STDOUT "disturbing declaration of equality! \n"; printf STDOUT "Refs: %s \t %s \n", \$X, \$Y; printf STDOUT "Vals: %lx \t %lx \n", $X, $Y; printf STDOUT "SOps: sum %lx \t dif %lx \n", $X + $Y, $X - $Y; printf STDOUT "incs: %lx \t +512=%lx \t +1024=%lx \n", $X, $X + 512, $X + 1024; } else { printf STDOUT "all is quiet and peaceful, \n"; printf STDOUT "%lx and %lx are recognized to differ by %lx \n", \$X, \$Y, \$X - \$Y; } # end