#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use File::Slurp; my @junk = ("junk") x 15; for my $f ( @junk ){ my( $what, $junk ) = split /whatever/, scalar read_file( $f ); } #### Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 1) configuration: Commit id: cc92ef02098c000d945bcf93c92bdb2a0a05fa97 Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.1, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags =' -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields', optimize='-s -O2', cppflags='-DWIN32' ccversion='', gccversion='4.5.2', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='long long', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='g++', ldflags ='-s -L"c:\perl\5.14.1\lib\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\CORE" -L"C:\MinGW\lib"' libpth=C:\MinGW\lib libs=-lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 perllibs=-lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 libc=, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl514.a gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll -s -L"c:\perl\5.14.1\lib\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\CORE" -L"C:\MinGW\lib"' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF Built under MSWin32 Compiled at Aug 10 2011 12:26:21 @INC: C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread C:/perl/site/5.14.1/lib C:/perl/5.14.1/lib/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread C:/perl/5.14.1/lib .