my $db=DBM::Deep->new(file=>"c:/testpad/collector.Deep",autoflush=>0); my %hash_sorted=sort %hash; my $st=time; $db->import(\%hash_sorted); my $et=time; my $deltatime=$et-$st; say "Time required to write hash using DBM-Deep: $deltatime secs"; $st=time; store(\%hash_sorted,"c:/testpad/collector.storable"); $et=time; $deltatime=$et-$st; say "Time required to write hash using Storable: $deltatime secs";