greg@sparky:~/test$ cat enlil1
#!/usr/bin/perl

use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $ref=\(1..3);
my $oth_ref = \(1,2,3);

print Dumper $ref,$oth_ref


greg@sparky:~/test$ ./enlil1
$VAR1 = [
          1,
          2,
          3
        ];
$VAR2 = \3;


##</code><code>##

greg@sparky:~/test$ cat enlil2
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use warnings;

my @array = \(1 .. 3, 5 ..9);
my @array2 = \(1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9);
my @array3 = (\(1 ..3),\(5,6,7,8,9));

print Dumper \@array,\@array2,\@array3;
greg@sparky:~/test$ ./enlil2
$VAR1 = [
          [
            1,
            2,
            3
          ],
          [
            5,
            6,
            7,
            8,
            9
          ]
        ];
$VAR2 = [
          \1,
          \2,
          \3,
          \5,
          \6,
          \7,
          \8,
          \9
        ];
$VAR3 = [
          [
            1,
            2,
            3
          ],
          \5,
          \6,
          \7,
          \8,
          \9
        ];


##</code><code>##

greg@sparky:~/test$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21, archname=i486-linux
    uname='linux midas 2.4.21 #6 sat jun 14 22:48:45 pdt 2003 i686 unknown unknown gnulinux '
    config_args='-de -Dprefix=/usr -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=i486-linux'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.3', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.3.2'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Aug 19 2003 15:52:31
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i486-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i486-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .