What are you trying to do? $ time perl -e 'print "$_\n" for (1..100);'
That takes about 5 milliseconds on my ultra-fast PC. 100 loops. 5 milliseconds. A second per loop? You can slow it down if you want to... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/