>perl -wMstrict -lE "my $s1 = 'abcdefg'; my $s2 = 'abcdefg'; ;; my $t = $s1 ^ $s2; ;; my ($f) = $t =~ /^(\x{00}*)/; say length $f; ;; $t =~ /^\0*/ && say $+[0]; " 7 7