Linda Walsh <cygwin <at> tlinx.org> writes: > I understand perl may not be as efficient in data storage as > C, but seems like expanding a 100MB string to take 200MB is > wasting 100MB. > > Is this what you were referring to, Corinna?
No, the inefficiency is that it stores the 100MB string in two separate places. It is definitely not using 2 bytes per ascii character in a single string. Try Corinna's script under "strace -m malloc -o trace.out perl ..." with a "tail -F trace.out" running in a separate window. -- I'm looking for a job: http://perlmonks.org/?node=ysth#looking -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
