An out of the box 64 bit Perl will use 64 bit integer variables and would give the correct result in this case

An interesting aside is that, for the OP's purposes, perl's ivsize is irrelevant, and this can be demonstrated using jwkrahn's perceptive solution :

With 64-bit IVs: 
>perl -V:ivsize
ivsize='8';

>perl -le "print unpack 'l', pack 'l', 0xFFFFFFFF << 28;"
-268435456

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and with 32-bit IVs: 
C:\>perl -V:ivsize
ivsize='4';

C:\>perl -le "print unpack 'l', pack 'l', 0xFFFFFFFF << 28;"
-268435456

[download]
Nor does $Config{longsize} make a difference - because the "l" template always specifies 32-bit.
I believe the "i" template could also be used.
According to the documentation, the "i" template could be specifying either 32-bit or 64-bit, depending upon $Config{intsize} - but I've never struck a perl where $Config{intsize} != 4.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^2: Difference between Perl and Java for << operator? by syphilis
in thread Difference between Perl and Java for << operator? by davidfilmer

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