On 16/08/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/15/2005 08:34:31 PM: > > > > > Would it not be better to fix the VMS Perl open() call so it works > the > > > > same as on other OSes? > > > > I meant for READ access only here. > > The performance impact of altering perl's open() to use the CRTL > shr would be significant. Ordinary perl usage would slow to a crawl. > Folks who want shr can load and use VMS::Stdio::vmsopen() and pay > the performance penalty.
I've not noticed vmsopen() causing any read performance problems, and I don't recall this being mentioned in regard to DECC$FILE_SHARING. Is this true with recent CRTLs?
