That is a rather good point. But i know that Text::WikiFormat is not very speed-oriented so i can do a lot speedier in Perl

Is Text::WikiFormat a lost cause? Or do you think it could be speed up? If so, why not see if the author is interested in you attempting to do so?

However, If you really feel Text::WikiFormat is a lost cause, then I would recommend writing your own lexer and tokenizer, that way you will be sure to squeeze all the speed out of it you need.