Perl 5.10.0 Memory Usage

I recently upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

Now, some scripts that ran nicely on Perl 5.8.9 are consuming all 
available RAM on Perl 5.10.0, and bringing the system to its knees.

The scripts I'm referring to create a series of large objects, each 
of which should be garbage-collected when the next object is created.

Apparently, Perl 5.10.0 is not picking up the trash.

I know how to use Perl 5.8.9 on Snow Leopard, but I would rather use 
the 64-bit version.

Any suggestions?
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