use strict; use warnings; my $NUMBER_OF_TIMES_PER_CENTURY = 12; my $NUMBER_OF_CALENDARS = 300; my $BEGINNING_OF_HUMAN_HISTORY = 197994; my $END_OF_HUMAN_HISTORY = 4006; my $human_history = $BEGINNING_OF_HUMAN_HISTORY + $END_OF_HUMAN_HISTORY; my $centuries = $human_history / 100; my $total = $centuries * $NUMBER_OF_TIMES_PER_CENTURY * $NUMBER_OF_CALENDARS; if ( $total > 1 ) { print "David Pogue was wrong\n"; }