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% perl -wle '$x = "1e-149"; print $x + "2e-149"' ... 3e-149 % perl -wle '$hash{ x } = "1e-149"; print $hash{ x } + "2e-36"' 2e-36
% perl -wle 'print( "x" + "y" )' Argument "y" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1. Argument "x" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1. 0