freebsd-ports/devel/p5-Tie-Array-Pack/pkg-descr
Cheng-Lung Sung 3ebf2ef52f Add p5-Tie-Array-Pack 0.02, array implemented as a packed string.
PR:		ports/107062
Submitted by:	TAKAHASHI Kaoru <kaoru at kaisei.org>
2006-12-26 07:59:50 +00:00

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One of the drawbacks for using Perl's native array is that it is a
memory-hog. Normally it takes 20 bytes a scalar (16 bytes for scalar +
overhead). This can be a problem when you need to handle millions of
numbers in-memory. This module saves memory in exchange for speed.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tie-Array-Pack/