in reply to how to avoid Bigint module

Consider Math::Int128 & Math::GMPn.

The former will handle integers up to 128 bits which is 38 decimal digits. Max: 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456

With the latter you can choose the number of bits you require--in steps of 2**n.

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