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(the exact pattern of failures depending on the GCC release and
optimization flags).
+gcc 3.2.1 is known to work okay with Perl 5.8.0. However, when
+optimizing the toke.c gcc likes to have a lot of memory, 256 megabytes
+seems to be enough. The default setting of the process data section
+in Tru64 should be one gigabyte, but some sites/setups might have
+lowered that. The configuration process of Perl checks for too low
+process limits, and lowers the optimization for the toke.c if
+necessary, and also gives advice on how to raise the process limits.
+
=head2 Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
In Tru64 Perl is automatically able to use large files, that is,