One thing you can do, depending on your code, is to put most of your code in subroutines, put them in a module, and 'use' it in your main script. The module gets precompiled the first time you execute the program, and the overall program should be faster after the first go.
The 'zef' program does that to great effect Best regards, -Tom #perl6 tbrowder On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 1:14 PM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Is it just me or does Perl 6 take about three times as long to > start up as Perl 5? I do have a very fast machine and it takes > about seven see for some of my Perl 6 stuff to get past the > ruminating phase and start running. > > Any workaround for this, or is this just growing pains for Perl 6? > > Many thanks, > -T
