Those tests were run using that exact same combination:

C:\test>perl -v

This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
(with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall

Binary build 1007 [291969] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSt
+ate.com
Built Jan 27 2010 14:12:21

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But the same has been true for every build since at least 5.8.1 and probably earlier, and continues through 5.16.1:

C:\test>perl -v

This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 1 (v5.16.1) built for MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

...

C:\test>perl -E"say `tasklist|find \"$$\"`; $x=chr(0); $x x= 1040351; 
+say `tasklist|find \"$$\"`; undef $x; say `tasklist|find \"$$\"`"
perl.exe                     17672 Console                    1      4
+,992 K
perl.exe                     17672 Console                    1      6
+,080 K
perl.exe                     17672 Console                    1      6
+,084 K


C:\test>perl -E"say `tasklist|find \"$$\"`; $x=chr(0); $x x= 1040352; 
+say `tasklist|find \"$$\"`; undef $x; say `tasklist|find \"$$\"`"
perl.exe                    270080 Console                    1      4
+,912 K
perl.exe                    270080 Console                    1      6
+,016 K
perl.exe                    270080 Console                    1      5
+,012 K

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