#! perl -slw use strict; package Buses; sub new { my( $class, $timeTablesObj ) = @_; return bless \$timeTablesObj, $class; } sub getTimeTable { my( $self, $id ) = @_; return $$self->get( $id ); } sub setTimeTable { my( $self, $id, $new ) = @_; return $$self->set( $id, $new ); } package Timetables; sub new{ my( $class, $timetable ) = @_; return bless \$timetable, $class; } sub get{ my( $self, $id ) = @_; ## Numeric ID, zero based return substr $$self, $id*80, 80; } sub set{ my( $self, $id, $new ) = @_; substr $$self, $id*80, 80, pack 'a80', $new; } package main; my %buses = map { my $timeTable = Timetables->new( join '', map{ pack 'A80', $_ } 0 .. 33 ); ( "BusID:$_", Buses->new( $timeTable ) ); } 1 .. 50_000; print $buses{ "BusID:49001" }->getTimeTable( 29 ); ;