Re^3: Perl startup and excessive "stat" use on module load

[LanX]

> this is probably the best all-around choice.

I suppose you are referring to the persistent process solution?

> Given the OP's description of his IO-sensitive environment,

I don't buy this "stat" problem though, till the OP really benchmarked it.

IO goes thru multiple levels of optimizations and caching and it wouldn't be the first time someone threw an XY problem at us.

Though if he's just unhappy with start-up time, then "deamonization" is almost always a safe bet.

(well unless he's talking about too many different apps with too much of a memory footprint)

[shmem]

(well unless he's talking about too many different apps with too much of a memory footprint)

wait, why does Java come to my mind?