Re^2: Perl memory limit - Windows64 strawberry perl

This was indeed the problem! A bad ENV variable from some dev software was causing windows to run a 32bit cmd.exe.

I've learned that windows has 32bit and 64bit cmd.exe in various places (System32, wow64, amd64_microsoft_... wow64_microsoft_

Getting back to default and 64bit perl now is able to pass 8GB ram with no issues

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Re^3: Perl memory limit - Windows64 strawberry perl by Discipulus (Canon) on Mar 24, 2021 at 11:56 UTC
Happy this helped ;) as you are lurking the dangerous paths of this UnfortunateOS, take a read of articles in my bibliotheca about `redirection` because in such OS when you suspect the OS being guilty you are probably right. L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l] [select]