C:\test>perl -E"$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1 = 1" #### C:\test>perl -E"$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Identifier too long at -e line 1. #### $longName = 'x' x 1e4;; ${ $longName . 1 } = 1;; ${ $longName . 2 } = 2;; if( ${ $longName . 1 } != ${ $longName . 2 } ) { print 'Great! Ten thousand characters long and all significant.' };; Great! Ten thousand characters long and all significant.