Re: Performance & Perl
robic0@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Or C?
>
> (Disclaimer: I have not delved into the Perl source)
>
> How close does Perl follow C as far as primatives?
> Can I rely on Perl language constructs to follow C when
> writing performance code?
Like comparing apples & oranges.
C is compiled & is not garbage collected, Perl 5 "interprets" a parse tree &
is garbage collected.
gtoomey
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