#! perl -slw use strict; use Time::HiRes qw[ time ]; use LWP; use LWP::Simple; use Win32::Internet; $|++; my $url = 'http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/J/JD/JDB/Win32-Internet-0.084.tar.gz'; my $start1 = time; my $file1 = get( $url ); printf "\nLWP::Simple took %7.3f seconds\n", my $time1 = time() - $start1; print "Size: ", length $file1; printf "Transfer rate: %5.2f bytes/sec\n", length( $file1 ) / $time1; my $inet = new Win32::Internet; my $start2 = time; my $file2 = $inet->FetchURL( $url ); printf "\nWin32::I took %7.3f seconds\n", my $time2 = time() - $start2; print "Size: ", length $file2; printf "Transfer rate: %5.2f bytes/sec\n", length( $file2 ) / $time2; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; my $start3 = time; my $resp = $ua->get( $url ); printf "\nLWP::UA took %7.3f seconds\n", my $time3 = time() - $start3; ## Corrected [Mr Mischief]++ my $file3 = $resp->content; print "Size: ", length $file3; printf "Transfer rate: %5.2f bytes/sec\n", length( $file3 ) / $time3;