When your system "sucks" either upgrade, or
A weak system, like a weak bladder, doesn't always need replacing (please visit CPAN).

I present Bit::Vector which has the overloaded operators addon Bit::Vector::Overload, which is to be used in place of Bit::Vector, but with all the benefits.

And just as a friendly reminder, I must point you to How to read the Friendly manual

 

______crazyinsomniac_____________________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"