$ perl588 -e 'push @f,  bless { "foo$_",0 } for 100000..999999; system "ps -flp $$"'
F S UID        PID  PPID  C PRI  NI ADDR SZ WCHAN  STIME TTY          TIME CMD
0 S davem     6040 17980 81  85   0 - 43121 wait   19:05 pts/2    00:00:04 perl5
$ perl588 -e 'push @f,  bless { "foo999999",0 } for 100000..999999; system "ps -flp $$"'
F S UID        PID  PPID  C PRI  NI ADDR SZ WCHAN  STIME TTY          TIME CMD
0 S davem     6045 17980 96  85   0 - 34173 wait   19:06 pts/2    00:00:03 perl5
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