I'd recommend using less memory in a variable than your system has in physical RAM, or your program will get slow from swapping to disk. I've never had a computer with less than 8MB of memory, so you should be fine.
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:22 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am about to pick up 5 MB of data and cram it into a $ variable. > > Is there some size limit to how much data I can or should cram > into a variable? > > Many thanks, > -T >