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It seems the profiler tracks compile time, too. Have you tried running your application with Devel::NYTProf ? 
perl -d:NYTProf app.pl
nytprofhtml 
netscape nytprof/index.html

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($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,

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