C:\test>perl -E"scalar( ()=1..9e6 ); say grep /$$/,`tasklist`" perl.exe 2548 Console 1 650,108 K #### C:\test>perl -E"@a=1..9e6; say grep /$$/,`tasklist`" perl.exe 2596 Console 1 937,388 K #### C:\test>perl -E"1 for 1..9e6; say grep /$$/,`tasklist`" perl.exe 4112 Console 1 4,776 K #### C:\test>perl -E"$a[$_-1]=$_ for 1..9e6; say grep /$$/,`tasklist`" perl.exe 2800 Console 1 402,312 K #### C:\test>perl -wE"$#a=9e6; $a[$_-1]=$_ for 1..9e6; say grep /$$/,`tasklist`" perl.exe 4880 Console 1 292,196 K