I've compiled and run rakudo star on a couple of pieces of code that i wrote. One generates random strings with pick. the other builds a couple of hashes and checks to find commonality between them. Compared with Rakudo Moscow (April release), both pieces of code run about 50% slower with Rakudo Star. For reference, similar functioning code in perl5.8 is at least an order of magnitude (or more) faster than either of my perl6 testcases.
I also noticed that my binary size is much smaller for perl5 than perl6: (linux x86_64) perl5.8.8 : 1.5MB rakudo moscow : 20MB rakudo star : 27MB The point this is that i'm not sure if i'm compling it properly. Possibly the amount of debug is set to the max level? Is there anything i can do to optimize the compile for increased performance? I realize that performance isn't a focus right now. And the above performance claims are very vague. Just wondering if i'm compiling the best way possible. thanks, bb
