Yet... It's still such a sizable difference. Put me down as "shocked."
Isn't Perl interpreted? At least in the same sense as Java? "Byte-code compiled" ~joe On 12/8/06 11:18 AM, "Alberto Paderno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:realbasic-nug->[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew > Williamson >> >> Perl is amazingly fast. I wrote a simple search engine for my site (about >> 500 pages), and I'm simply shocked at how fast it can open all those files, >> much less do any searching! > > I am not amazed perl is fast in this kind of operations: it was born to > handle text; perl stays for "Practical Extractor and Report Language", so I > guess that is its bread for its teeth. :-) > Apart that, its parser, and compiler is really fast, so it can be fast, > especially in regular expression pattern handling. > -- > ~Alberto Paderno > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
