Are you using a 32 bit version of perl6? If so it has no Just in Time (JIT) compiler and will be very much slower.
S On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 19:15, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Is it just me or does Perl 6 take about three times as long to > start up as Perl 5? I do have a very fast machine and it takes > about seven see for some of my Perl 6 stuff to get past the > ruminating phase and start running. > > Any workaround for this, or is this just growing pains for Perl 6? > > Many thanks, > -T -- Steve Mynott <steve.myn...@gmail.com> cv25519/ECF8B611205B447E091246AF959E3D6197190DD5