...but someone on a non-Perl mailing list asked me about compiling Perl, so I gave a very generic answer:
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Perl compilation isn't a trivial question--here's a beginning point: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlfaq3.html Short answer: In a lot of cases, you get enough performance advantage by writing an XS extension or using the Inline module to put the heavy lifting into C (or some other language, for that matter) and pasting it into Perl. You might also look into the perl2exe tool from ActiveState--I'm not sure what it costs. If this isn't enough help, ask again and I'll do more--right this second, I'm between torture sessions^Hturnover meetings. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> So--how's this answer? I have already noticed that the FAQs at perl.com are 5.6 FAQs--anything else? Thanks, John A see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/
