in reply to File::Slurp Not As Efficient As OPEN / CLOSE

I wonder if using File::Slurp's binmode would speed it up? Also of interest is slurping styles

I always use this when I want speed 

#!/usr/bin/perl
open (FH,"< slurp1");
read( FH, $buf, -s FH );
close FH;
print "$buf\n";

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