Greetings, Monks.

I've often wondered how to accurately measure the compile/runtime of a Perl script. For example, I can imagine a web page would be the most difficult. Given the different Modules that might be used, Perl processing the text/data included, not to mention the included Modules. I've looked at Time::HiRes using 

Time::HiRes qw/gettimeofday tv_interval/;
my $start_time = [gettimeofday];

# AT end of page
my $total_time = tv_interval($start_time);
print $start_time

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I've also looked at Time::Elapse, yet both yield different results, when using the exact same sample data (page). So I thought I might inquire here, and see if anyone might have a definitive answer, or solution.

Thanks for your time.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;

In reply to How can one best measure compile time of their Perl script? by taint

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