$ perl -MDevel::Peek -e'Dump(1 < 2)' SV = PVNV(0xa1046e4) at 0xa102520 REFCNT = 2147483644 FLAGS = (PADTMP,IOK,NOK,POK,READONLY,pIOK,pNOK,pPOK) IV = 1 NV = 1 PV = 0xa1055d0 "1"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 12 $ perl -MDevel::Peek -e'Dump(1 > 2)' SV = PVNV(0x947a6d0) at 0x9478510 REFCNT = 2147483647 FLAGS = (PADTMP,IOK,NOK,POK,READONLY,pIOK,pNOK,pPOK) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0x947a6c8 ""\0 CUR = 0 LEN = 12