require reads and does preliminary parsing on the file. Saving one on a larger file will certainly save you time though probably not much if you're just loading a few functions. If you want to work on encapsualtion and efficiency, a package setup would work well. "Is it really worth it?" Probably not. But definitely give CGI::Lite a whorl.

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