Benchmark: timing 1 iterations of DB_File, DBM::Deep, SQLite 3... DB_File:2 wallclock secs ( 1.90 usr + 0.15 sys = 2.05 CPU) @ 0.49/s DBM::Deep:93 wallclock secs (79.24 usr + 9.42 sys = 88.67 CPU) @ 0.01/s SQLite 3:0 wallclock secs ( 0.04 usr + 0.01 sys = 0.05 CPU) @ 19.61/s