in reply to Re^5: Best way to sum an array?
in thread Best way to sum an array?

I guess my point (in my reply to you), is that if the cost of loading a (small, mostly precompiled binary) module is a significant factor in the runtime of a given application, then Perl is probably the wrong choice of language.

But really, the "why wouldn't you" in the post to which you replied was a throw away comment rather than a scientific pronouncement; you seem to be making an issue of a non-issue.

S'funny, I'm normally on the other side of this discussion. I rarely advocate the use of a module over one line of perl; but in this case, the benefits equation really does bias one way in 99% of cases.

But I guess I'll go back to lurking...

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