v1.2.3 is equivalent to chr(1).chr(2).chr(3) by design. By doing this, v1.11 gt v1.2 is true. If you want to print out a vstring, use (s)printf's %v specifier. However, note that this will be changing in Perl 5.8--vstrings will become objects (I think the class will be UNIVERSAL::version).

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--Brent Dax
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