The data from @connections is thankfully small. It's the endless upper bounds of $iteration that should suck up RAM in the long run. I haven't figured how I should deal with that yet.

I've posted the full script (and questions) at http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=214252

Thanks!

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