#!/usr/bin/env perl use warnings; use 5.014; my $cnt = 5000000; system($^X,'-sE',<<'_END_','--',"-cnt=$cnt"); say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 4340 $x = "abc\n" x $cnt; say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 23936 @y = ("abc") x $cnt; say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 455604 _END_ say "---"; system($^X,'-sE',<<'_END_','--',"-cnt=$cnt"); say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 4544 $x = "abc\n" x $cnt; say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 23972 @y = split /\n/, $x; say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 423544 _END_ say "---"; system($^X,'-sE',<<'_END_','--',"-cnt=$cnt"); say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 4540 $x = "abc\n" x $cnt; say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 23964 for (split /\n/, $x) { say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 457512 last } _END_ say "---"; system($^X,'-sE',<<'_END_','--',"-cnt=$cnt"); say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 4336 $x = "abc\n" x $cnt; say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 23932 open my $fh, '<', \$x or die $!; while (<$fh>) { say `ps -orss $$`=~s/\s+/ /gr; # RSS 24000 last } _END_