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in thread Configurable IO buffersize?

Would you use a module that required you to re-build Perl?

You don't need a module that requires you to re-build Perl, you want a tweak Perl so it works better for your special needs, and it's actually very common to tweak productions systems by rebuilding components instead of using out of the box settings.

Note: I'm not defending the lack of ability to set this more conveniently.

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Re^4: Configurable IO buffersize?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 01, 2011 at 10:19 UTC
    you want a tweak Perl so it works better for your special needs,

    Reading and writing multiple files concurrently is hardly "special needs", but conversely, it is hardly likely to constitute the only usage pattern at any given installation.

    You'd have to pessimise one mode of operation in order to optimise the other, and that's just not viable.

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