use integer;
sub Ack {
return $_[0] ? ($_[1] ? Ack($_[0]-1, Ack($_[0], $_[1]-1))
: Ack($_[0]-1, 1))
: $_[1]+1;
}
my $NUM = 9;
$NUM = 1 if ($NUM < 1);
my $ack = Ack(3, $NUM);