my @a = (1) x 1024; print $_, "\n" for @a; #### my @b = (1) x 1024; print "$_\n" for @b; #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Size 'total_size'; my @a = (1) x 1024; my @b = (1) x 1024; open my $fh, "> /dev/null" or die; print $fh $_, "\n" for @a; print $fh "$_\n" for @b; close $fh; print total_size(\@a), "\n"; print total_size(\@b), "\n"; __END__ 24636 38972