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in thread keep running out of memory, help a newbie!

... use constant LEVEL_1_LOOP_MAXIMUM => 1400; # This code keeps the +program from looping forever. my $level_1_loop_counter; FOLLOW_LEVEL_1_LINK: for ( $level_1_loop_counter = 1 ; $level_1_loop_counter <= LEVEL_1_LOOP_MAXIMUM ; $level_1_loop_counter++ ) { #------------------------------------------ print $fh_log "Level_1_loop_counter: $level_1_loop_counter\n"; if ( $level_1_loop_counter > LEVEL_1_LOOP_MAXIMUM ) { die "Runaway program.\n"; } ...

Notice the belt and suspenders approach.