in reply to ``system'' leaking memory

It doesn't "feel right" that perl.exe would be the one leaking memory ... except that an endless-loop running the system() command is effectively a "fork-bomb."

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Re^2: ``system'' leaking memory
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 01, 2013 at 02:16 UTC
    windows doesn't have fork, so there is no fork bomb
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