From: Crawford C. <cc...@c-...> - 2007-01-22 08:27:47
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Peter Thoeny wrote: >How does pure-Perl grep compare to external grep? >Could you share some numbers? > > Approximate (from memory) ab, 25K topic search, time per call (S): No mod perl, pure perl 15 No mod_perl, native search 4 No mod perl, external grep <6 mod_perl, pure perl <10 mod_perl, native search <5 mod_perl, external grep 27 Topics genereated using test/bin/make_big.pl >Also, rather than hardcoding pure-Perl grep it >is more flexible to define the type of search in >configure. I know that you do not like additional >settings in configure; however I believe that it >is actually good to have many configuration option >as long as the defaults are good. > > I'm not precluding that, I just don't have time right now to add an option. C. -- --- Crawford Currie - C-Dot Consultants http://c-dot.co.uk - A WikiRing Partner http://wikiring.com |