Re^2: LWP slow downloads on windows (50 times faster?)

your example returns

LWP::Simple took   1.594 seconds
Size: 64230
Transfer rate: 40303.76 bytes/sec

Win32::I took   4.489 seconds
Size: 64230
Transfer rate: 14308.64 bytes/sec

LWP::UA took  15.613 seconds
Size: 64230
Transfer rate: 4113.83 bytes/sec
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with perl 5.8.8.822 at win2k3 server

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Re^3: LWP slow downloads on windows (50 times faster?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 04, 2008 at 03:47 UTC
Thank you Anonymonk. You at least confirmed the potential for wild variation--even if it didn't quite match my empirical evidence. There is something going on here that greatly (order of magnitude greatly) affects the performance of sockets, and LWP::UserAgent seems to be the loser. (I realise that 2 out of 2 is hardly a significant sample, but still, the trend is promising for my premise :) Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^4: LWP slow downloads on windows (50 times faster?) by Gangabass (Vicar) on Dec 04, 2008 at 08:55 UTC
Here is my output: `LWP::Simple took 1.406 seconds Size: 64230 Transfer rate: 45675.25 bytes/sec Win32::I took 0.618 seconds Size: 64230 Transfer rate: 103852.38 bytes/sec LWP::UA took 2.353 seconds Size: 64230 Transfer rate: 27299.07 bytes/sec` [download] I have tried several times and Win32::Internet always fastest.	[reply] [d/l]