Benchmarking Perl

[gold_dragon]

Does anyone know a way of benchmarking a Perl script. I'm using a windows machine so I don't have access to every module. Or how do you include a .pm module without installing it?

[TechCode]

Well you should use benchmark module. :)

Ok how do you install on win machine modules ... well few options :

1. Get linux :) I plan to do that ;)
2. What perl distribution are u using. For both i know ( indigoperl an activestate) there is an PPM perl package monitor that has "nice" gui that leads you trought installation or ppm's.

PPM's are precompiled modules.

There are two types of modules.
- 100% perl ... yo should be able to use them with just copying them to your lib or site/lib dir
- perl + c/c++ code ones .... they need to be compiled. and in ppm's they are compiled.

Hope this helps.

But note that ppm modules are usualy a little bit older versions, and i couldnt be able to run one of them. The GD library module.

Get linux ... it's free ... it's better ;) I will do so, when i get new computer, this one will get linux, and new one will be an win box, because it's needed for university/coledge (3 yers, it's something between :))