Modular exponentiation
This is specced as a built-in, but here's an explicit version:
sub expmod(Int $a is copy, Int $b is copy, $n) {
my $c = 1;
repeat while $b div= 2 {
($c *= $a) %= $n if $b % 2;
($a *= $a) %= $n;
}
$c;
}
say expmod
2988348162058574136915891421498819466320163312926952423791023078876139,
2351399303373464486466122544523690094744975233415544072992656881240319,
10**40;
Output:
1527229998585248450016808958343740453059