I am not noted for my introduction. However,is my first request of the Monastery and I feel a short one is due.

I have been working with perl on several platforms for the past few years. I strive to someday reach a high level in perl and feel that I am on a good path.

However, I have run into a limitation problem or so it seems. I have always thought that there are no limitations in perl, that limitation came from the environment, is this true?

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could explain why the following one line script only prints the last two and a half of the input arguments when given over 258 chars: 
perl -e '$_=<STDIN>; foreach(split){print "$_\n"}'

[download]
 ARGUMENTS LIST ENTERED TO STDIN:
2 words 64 && 2 words 65 chars each works
adding a character to any work breaks something?

Any input will be appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
Malus

PS
Thank you for making the world a better place ;)

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:
perl v5.6.1 build for sun4-solaris
Solaris7
ULTRA5

Edit by tye to unhide the <STDIN>

In reply to Is there a limit on STDIN string size 259? by Malus

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