--- "Marko P. O. Nippula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $a.=1while 1 > > How about: > > $a++while 1 > > - This one is going to take a *little* longer to fill up your memory > but given infinite time this should do just fine. ;) > > -- Marko P. O. Nippula
There is an assumption here that cross-compatibility with perl 5.6.1 can be ignored. Ever notice that perl 5.6.1 will just count through numbers to 32bit precision! The solution is to use a buildin variable with a string already, and hence will be treated as a string: $~++while 1 Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
