allocating the maximum needed string right away and setting it to "" afterwards seems to help. 
  DB<109>  $w=""; $a="x" x 300; $t=time; $w.=$a for (1..200_000); prin
+t time-$t, ":", length $w
9:60000000
  DB<110> $x="x" x 60000000; $x=""; $a="x" x 300; $t=time; $x.=$a for 
+(1..200_000); print time-$t, ":", length $x
0:60000000

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Anyway 9 seconds are not that much...

Calculating 200_000 on my limited system takes hours, especially if I start with your algo...maybe next night

Cheers Rolf

In reply to Re^14: list of unique strings, also eliminating matching substrings by LanX
in thread list of unique strings, also eliminating matching substrings by lindsay_grey

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