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>./perl6 -e 'my $a = "a" x 2**30;say $a.chars' 1073741824 >./perl6 -e 'my str $a = "a" x 2**30;say $a.chars' ===SORRY!=== String too long for string constants segment >./perl6 -version This is Rakudo version 2016.04-17-g5a14162 built on MoarVM version 2016.04 implementing Perl 6.c. There may be some perfectly good reason, but in that case maybe the error message should reference that this is a limitation of native strings.