Whenever you compile a program under Un*x, you have four potential RAM limitations: It is entirely possible that you are using up the memory that was allowed for Perl to use and that Perl was compiled with a too-low-for-you mem limitation. If it is an option, you might try recompiling Perl with the -dm option to request what this compile-time limitation is. You say your system maxes out at 65 iterations. Why not fire up 10 iterations or even 1 iteration and first make sure that (1)Your code works as you request (2) and there are no memory leaks before fooling around with Perl's internals.

Also, it looks to me like your program could benefit from threads if dacts() is forking off Napster clients. Unfortunately, threads are in pretty poor shape in Perl. Click here to see why. A C program with an embedded Perl interpreter might help you initialize and get you ready to run but the threads would heavily cut down on memory usage by those clients. If dacts() does not fork than you are confused because you use terms like "threaded" and "spawn" and thus make this paragraph null. Though, as tilly mentions, no one can imagine what dacts() does, if your system is coming to a halt, then I imagine that a large amount of processes are being forked. Another thing to ask yourself, also, is: Do I need so many Napster clients?

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In reply to Re: So is this a kernel limitation, a hardware limitation, or a perl limitation? by AgentM
in thread So is this a kernel limitation, a hardware limitation, or a perl limitation? by deprecated

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