in reply to eval + no warnings = no memory

Is it really eating up memory or are you wondering why it's pegging your CPU? If it's the former, that almost sounds like a bug. If it's the latter, presumably you are aware that the code above is an infinite loop...

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yes it really is:
by gryng (Hermit) on Jan 30, 2001 at 03:58 UTC
    gryn@echor:~/test$ ./test.pl Out of memory! gryn@echor:~/test$

    The infinite loop is just keep the program running :) .