I totally agree that leaving out use strict for the sake of speed is a bad thing(tm) and would never actually commit such a blasphemy myself. I merely wonder for the sake of furthering my Perl knowledge, and hoped to make the point you can always get a bit more speed if you're feeling a little mad. Leaving out use strict is about as useful as loop flattening and infinitely more dangerous (said ominously). Sorry if I've given anyone bad ideas, and yes, 'the voices' are generally wrong.
HTH

broquaint