1073741811: Global symbol "$abc" requires explicit package name at (eval 1073741811) line 1. #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $count= 0; my $fail= 0; $|= 1; while( 1 ) { if( 0 == ++$count % 100_000 && -t STDOUT ) { print "\r$count "; } if( ! eval 'my $abc = 1; $abc++; 1' ) { print "\n$count: $@\n"; exit if 5 < ++$fail; } } #### This is perl, v5.10.0 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi