Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.
My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.
For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.
Well, coffee is my drug of choice, generally, with a little bit of Pepsi here and there, if I need more sugar. But yeah, if I could do intravenous coffee, I would. But I guess that's pretty standard.