On 03/29/2016 10:47 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com > <mailto:tom.brow...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I use Perl for heavy duty text processing. A question on Perl Monks > about Perl 5's handling of a large input file got me wondering how the > two Perls compare at the moment. > > > I see no significant improvement using my string and file read > tests with the latest moarvm on my laptop (bummer). I'll give > comparison stats a little later after I use my faster home server. > > Best regards, > > -Tom >
Could you try using $filename.IO.slurp.lines instead of $filename.IO.lines and see if that makes things any faster? - Timo
