@mwlucas your goal is to avoid startup time for perl itself? How many times are you running it that modern hardware makes perl startup a problem. I mean, I know at work we have things that can take "a minute" to start, but normally that's not really a consideration anymore.
@mwlucas Now, I did look a bit at how to do that new CGI replacement, serverless functions or whatever, and there startup time can be a factor. So, although the FAQ says you're probably optimizing too soon,
https://learn.perl.org/faq/perlfaq3.html#How-can-I-compile-my-Perl-program-into-byte-code-or-C
I found "pp" that seems like a direct perlcc replacement, although I had trouble with some XS module I needed.
https://metacpan.org/pod/pp
If you really want to go all out, the developer of rperl seems very excited about making perl faster.
http://rperl.org/
@mwlucas so, I guess the question is, what is it you're trying to accomplish :-)
@AFresh1 I am attempting something unspeakable. Check your DMs.
perl mastery, when?
