Re: Garbage collection problem??

sweet criminy...dont you just love ~~windows~~ activeperl for windows?

windows xp home sp2
amd 64 x2 3800+
2gb ram
activestate 5.8.8 build 819

C:\Documents and Settings\Evan>perl c:\benchtest.pl
Section A took 1.0470 CPU seconds
Section B took 2.8910 CPU seconds
Section A took 1.0470 CPU seconds
Section B took 10.9220 CPU seconds

C:\Documents and Settings\Evan>perl c:\benchtest.pl
Section A took 1.0310 CPU seconds
Section B took 2.8440 CPU seconds
Section A took 1.0310 CPU seconds
Section B took 11.2190 CPU seconds

C:\Documents and Settings\Evan>perl c:\benchtest.pl
Section A took 1.0470 CPU seconds
Section B took 2.7340 CPU seconds
Section A took 1.0310 CPU seconds
Section B took 10.6410 CPU seconds
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edit: forgot my perl version :o

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Re^2: Garbage collection problem?? by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 27, 2006 at 17:16 UTC
EvanK: It doesn't appear to be windows. My results show the expected behaviour under Windows. I'm suspecting it may be ActiveState related: Are you running that, or the cygwin perl? --roboticus	[reply]