> Precisely why it looks more like MATHS. :)

You don't like sigils?

Try this

use strict;
use warnings;
$,="\t";

my ($a,$b,$c);

sub A() :lvalue { $a };
sub B() :lvalue { $b };
sub C() :lvalue { $c };

A = 1;

B = A + 1;

C = A + B;

print
  A,
  B,
  C,
  B**3,
  sqrt(B);
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