in reply to Re^2: Does eval cause that much of a performance hit?
in thread Does eval cause that much of a performance hit?

It just seems that 45 lines of if {} is just unnecessary and redundant

How? Instead of typing if(code){code} you type q{code},q{code} (or 'code' => 'code') just so it would fit on one page? That is very superficial, and I dare say, juvenile. Much much better idea would be to limit file size to what fits on one screen, say 30 lines ...