Hi, are there any recommended modules or tools by which I can shrink the absolute byte size of my Perl script, while retaining all the original functionality? Things like:

* strip comments

* strip unnecessary whitespace

* rename $very_long_variable to $x1

My goal is solely to improve the execution time of my very large codebase which runs as CGI (reparsed with each request). I wrote my own utility that stripped comments (which take up about 30% of my files) and I saw a very noticeable improvement. I want to take it to the next level.

The obsfucators I've found so far are more directed towards protecting copyright and they use techniques that may slow everything down.

In reply to suggested module/tools to automatically "tighten" my perl by abcperl5

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