my $result = 1729080737 + 72 * 14 * 425567 + 0xFFFF_FFFF ; print $result, "\n" ; print $result & 0xFFFF_FFFF, "\n" ; print unpack('l', pack('l', $result)), "\n" ; #### { my $q = $result & 0xFFFF_FFFF ; $result = $q <= 0x7FFF_FFFF ? $q : -1 - ($q ^ 0xFFFF_FFFF) ; } ;