#! perl -slw use strict; sub a{ my( @args ) = @_; goto MAIN unless @args; a( @args[ 100 .. $#args ] ); return 1; } printf 'Check ram'; ; a( 1 .. 10000 ); MAIN: printf 'Check ram'; ; my @a = ( 1 .. 50000 ); printf 'Check ram'; ;