#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Benchmark;
my $file = $0;
open IN, $file or die "$file: $!\n";
sub joinit { my $content = join '', <IN>; }
sub dollarslash { my $content = do { local $/; <IN> } }
timethese(100_000, {join => \&joinit,
slash => \&dollarslash} );
because it implies that the join is faster...
Benchmark: timing 100000 iterations of join, slash...
join: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.52 usr + 0.29 sys = 1.81 CPU)
slash: 4 wallclock secs ( 2.99 usr + 0.35 sys = 3.34 CPU)
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and the boring jobs bearable" - me
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