>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> writes:

Rob> But the first causes Perl to keep two copies of the file data, which may be
Rob> unacceptable depending on the the size of the file and the specification 
of the
Rob> platform.

Does it really?  Have you tested this?

I suspect it actually doesn't.

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