I still get the exact same error, it just takes 10+ seconds. This is Rakudo version 2016.06-204-g959cd3b built on MoarVM version 2016.06-11-gf9dad06
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Zoffix Znet via RT < perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > This appears to hang now: > > zoffix@VirtualBox:~$ perl6 -e 'my $a = "a" x 2**30;say $a.chars' > 1073741824 > zoffix@VirtualBox:~$ perl6 -e 'my str $a = "a" x 2**30;say $a.chars' > ^C > zoffix@VirtualBox:~$ perl6 -v > This is Rakudo version 2016.06-154-g55c359e built on MoarVM version > 2016.06-9-g8fc21d5 > implementing Perl 6.c. > >