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#!/usr/bin/perl
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my integer $foo = 2**3;
my integer $bar = 3**2;
my integer $bat = $foo**$bar;
my integer $baz = $bar**$foo;
print 'have $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
print 'have $bar = ', $bar, "\n";
print 'have $bat = ', $bat, "\n";
print 'have $baz = ', $baz, "\n";
$foo = 2;
$bar = 3;
$bat = ( $foo**2 )**$bar;
$baz = $foo**( 2**$bar );
my integer $bax = $foo**2**$bar; # right associative
print 'have $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
print 'have $bar = ', $bar, "\n";
print 'have $bat = ', $bat, "\n";
print 'have $baz = ', $baz, "\n";
print 'have $bax = ', $bax, "\n";