tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (05/18/91)
Furthermore, you'll find that the perl version runs MUCH FASTER
than the shell version. Notice, for example, the speed differences
in the is_able module. There are several reasons for this:
1) perl has direct access to system calls so doesn't have
to exec so many other programs.
2) a lot more state can be saved for use between different
modules (modes on files, passwd information, etc.)
3) Certain algorithms have been rewritten for efficiency,
and somewhat for robustness/functionality.
Check out chk_strings.pl and is_able.pl to see what I mean.
--tom
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