You could create a JSON array from Ruby and parse it in Perl.

ruby -rjson -e'puts JSON.generate([1,2,3,4])' | perl -MJSON -MData::Du
+mper -e'print Dumper(decode_json <>)'
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But seriously, you can create an array from a list, which looks like an array:

# array        list
my @array = (1,2,3,4);
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L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)