Re: run cron every four weeks?

From: Barry Margolin (barry.margolin_at_level3.com)
Date: 08/12/03 

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:09:41 GMT

In article <KTUZa.2397$7z1.1660@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Alan Connor <alanconnor@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I repeat: Using perl in a situation like this would consume far more
>resources than a bash script, and is therefore not wise.

You're suffering from premature optimization.

Like he said, if it's only executing once a week, the difference in
resources is most likely negligible. When the performance impact isn't a
real problem, optimizing for ease of maintenance is often more wise.

BTW, have you actually done a comparison between the resource consumption
of the shell and perl? Some years ago I rewrote a program from C to Perl,
and with a little tweaking I was able to make the Perl version as fast as
the C version. 

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Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com
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