It looks like, rather than overflow to all zeros, perl does $i%32 before shifting. Math::BigInt behaves more like you expect: 

$ perl -MMath::BigInt=:constant -e'print 1<<$_,$/ for 0..60'
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
4096
8192
16384
32768
65536
131072
262144
524288
1048576
2097152
4194304
8388608
16777216
33554432
67108864
134217728
268435456
536870912
1073741824
2147483648
4294967296
8589934592
17179869184
34359738368
68719476736
137438953472
274877906944
549755813888
1099511627776
2199023255552
4398046511104
8796093022208
17592186044416
35184372088832
70368744177664
140737488355328
281474976710656
562949953421312
1125899906842624
2251799813685248
4503599627370496
9007199254740992
18014398509481984
36028797018963968
72057594037927936
144115188075855872
288230376151711744
576460752303423488
1152921504606846976
$

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In reply to Re: Left shift operation done more than 32 times by Zaxo
in thread Left shift operation done more than 32 times by jesuashok

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