in reply to Out of memory invoking system calls
There shouldn't be a memory restriction on executing external programs.
If all you need it to compress the data, take a look at Compress::Zlib and Compress::Bzip2. Then you won't need to rely on an external program at all.
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I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident.
-- Schemer
Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated
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