my $start = times; my $config = XMLin($data); my $stop = times; print "$start:$stop: ",$stop - $start; print "config read\n"; #### P:\test>junk 0.39:1.381: 0.991 config read P:\test>perl -d junk.pl8 Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.19 Editor support available. Enter h or `h h' for help, or `perldoc perldebug' for more help. main::(junk.pl8:5): my $data; main::(junk.pl8:6): { DB<1> c 14 1.792:3.945: 2.153 main::(junk.pl8:14): print "config read\n"; DB<2>