Hey Benny!

Oct 10 21:07 04, Benny Pedersen wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 MK>> How about the {un,}pack functions?

 BP> yes what about it ?

They can be used in a script to handle Fido pkt's, as well as other known
formats, without a need for adding extra DB packages.  Same could be said
for php's {un,}pack functions, but like I previously perl is almost twice
as fast.

 BP> but did you test appels and oranges to ? :-)

I am not sure I understand the question.  I used the exact same routine and
dataset for both.  Perl kicked php's butt.  What else do you want?

 BP> if you want to test something test with php command line not on 
 BP> mod_php :-)

I scripted both perl and php.  Faster then commandline.  There was no
{front,back}end, such as apache, to get in the way.

 BP> i newer seen it

I'll do it again soon, along with the simple scripts that make the call to
the functions.

 BP> only if you have to :-)

I don't have to but if you're curious I will.

Life is good,
Maurice

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