use List::Util 'min'; my $iter = hamming(2, 3, 5); print $iter->(), "\n" while 1; sub hamming { my @factor = @_; my %pool = (1 => 1); return sub { my $next = delete $pool{ min keys %pool }; @pool{ map { $next * $_ } @factor } = map { $next * $_ } @factor; return $next; }; }