push(@a,$x,$y)      splice(@a,$#a+1,0,$x,$y)
    pop(@a)             splice(@a,-1)
    shift(@a)           splice(@a,0,1)
    unshift(@a,$x,$y)   splice(@a,0,0,$x,$y)
    $a[$x] = $y         splice(@a,$x,1,$y);

Example, assuming array lengths are passed before arrays:

    sub aeq {   # compare two list values
        local(@a) = splice(@_,0,shift);
        local(@b) = splice(@_,0,shift);
        return 0 unless @a == @b;       # same len?
        while (@a) {
            return 0 if pop(@a) ne pop(@b);
        }
        return 1;
    }
    if (&aeq($len,@foo[1..$len],0+@bar,@bar)) { ... }