From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:41:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Warn about the slowness of memory debuggers.
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Warn about the slowness of memory debuggers.

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diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod
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@@ -1904,6 +1904,10 @@ some common testing and debugging tools with Perl.  This is
 meant as a guide to interfacing these tools with Perl, not
 as any kind of guide to the use of the tools themselves.
 
+Note that running under memory debuggers such as Purify, valgrind,
+or Third Degree greatly slows down the execution: seconds become minutes,
+minutes become hours.
+
 =head2 Rational Software's Purify
 
 Purify is a commercial tool that is helpful in identifying