I have an apache/mod-perl application that can results in large xml
strings which are then transformed by xslt into html. A database query
can result in an xml string with a length greater than 300,000 . In a
normal perl allocation you can pre-extend the string to prevent repeated
new
Didn't we just have this discussion?
It is extremely hard for pre-extending strings to result in actual
performance improvements, and at best you can get a very small win in
return for a lot of work. In fact the extra effort of having to track
where you are in the string manually almost
Jerrad Pierce told us about http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/ in case you
wanted to join him in the competition
Bill N1VUX Ricker encodes a secret message for us:
TM4SA
E51-149
BBUSA 7pm
For which our crack team of perl monger cryptologists tell us it means
