in reply to Re^3: Perl's bad at arithmetic?
in thread Perl's bad at arithmetic?

You're right of course. (Too late at night! )

I was ignoring the shift; and expecting to see 19 (not 2**19 -1). I knew I was wrong but ... It's been a looooooooooooong day.

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