I'm kind of new To Perl so bare with my idiocy and the simplicity of this script. The script tests number successivly to be prime or not. I will include the script bellow. Everytime I re-define a variable it seems to use a new chunk of memory. Is there a way I can prevent this for both $Divider and $Number. Or at least make it release the previously used memory. The script run for about 3 minutes then it starts using swap space Here It Is 
#open(LOUTPUT,"lastoutput") or die "Unable To Open lastoutput File. 
#Please Ensure That This File Exists And Contains On One Line. This Fi
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#Must Only Contain Numbers";
#$number=<LOUTPUT>;
$number=3;
#close(LOUTPUT);
$divisor = 2;
test();
sub test() {
# Un-Comment The Next Line For More Output
#print("NUM=$number DIV=$divisor\n");
if ($number / $divisor == int($number / $divisor)) {
# Number Is Prime
    if ($number == $divisor) {
    print("Prime $number\n");
#    open(OUTPUT,">>output");
#    print(OUTPUT "$number\n");
#    close(OUTPUT);
    }
# Number Is Not Prime
    $divisor = 2;
    $number = $number + 1;    
}
$divisor = $divisor + 1;
#sleep(1);
test();
}
#    open(LOUTPUT,">lastoutput");
#    print(LOUTPUT "$number");
#    close(LOUTPUT);

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Sorry its got lots of comments but it can do more than I want it to do for testing any help is greatly apreciated.

In reply to Perl Not Releasing Memory by rekcah

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