Re: Perl 5.10.0 Memory Usage

At 07:13 -0400 2/8/10, Bill Birkett wrote:

>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?

Might it be worth trying upgrading to a recent version of Perl?  The 
latest stable version is 5.12.1

JD