Results for Win2K SP4 using cygwin v1.5.18 and perl v5.8.7 on an AMD Sempron 2500+ with 512K RAM:
root@swill ~/PerlMonks
$ ./591724.pl
Section A took 1.7040 CPU seconds
Section B took 3.7960 CPU seconds
Section A took 1.7030 CPU seconds
Section B took 3.7500 CPU seconds
root@swill ~/PerlMonks
$ ./591724.pl
Section A took 1.6880 CPU seconds
Section B took 3.7970 CPU seconds
Section A took 1.6870 CPU seconds
Section B took 3.6090 CPU seconds
--roboticus
Update: If anyone's interested, here's
root@swill ~/PerlMonks
$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration:
Platform:
osname=cygwin, osvers=1.5.18(0.13242), archname=cygwin-thread-mult
+i-64int
uname='cygwin_nt-5.1 inspiron 1.5.18(0.13242) 2005-07-02 20:30 i68
+6 unknown unknown cygwin '
config_args='-de -Dmksymlinks -Duse64bitint -Dusethreads -Uusemyma
+lloc -Doptimize=-O3 -Dman3ext=3pm -Dusesitecustomize'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemulti
+plicity=define
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -p
+ipe -I/usr/local/include',
optimize='-O3',
cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr
+/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using
+ dmd 0.125)', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='of
+f_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='ld2', ldflags =' -s -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lgdbm -ldb -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
perllibs=-lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -s'
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_64_BIT_INT
USE_LARGE_FILES USE_SITECUSTOMIZE
PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
Locally applied patches:
SPRINTF0 - fixes for sprintf formatting issues - CVE-2005-3962
Built under cygwin
Compiled at Dec 30 2005 02:44:25
%ENV:
CYGWIN=""