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It was included mainly to compare the results with ActivePerl, the distribution by ActiveState.

Perl (Cygwin)
Tested Version	This is perl, v5.8.0 built for cygwin-multi-64int
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(Ranks in Red in the table below are those which fall below the average Rank for this language over all tests. The corresponding programs could possibly benefit from further optimization.)
Test	Source Code	Avg Rank: 23		Avg Rank: 28		Avg Rank: 12		Log
		CPU	Rank	Mem	Rank	LOC	Rank
Ackermann's Function	ackermann.cygperl	13.85	39	37080	42	11	16	log
Array Access	ary3.cygperl	18.07	32	2836	31	13	10	log
Count Lines/Words/Chars	wc.cygperl	1.24	14	2432	26	16	17	log
Echo Client/Server	echo.cygperl	41.06	4	3652	3	67	13	log
Exception Mechanisms	except.cygperl	11.52	27	2400	22	58	27	log
Fibonacci Numbers	fibo.cygperl	21.19	42	2380	40	8	10	log
Hash (Associative Array) Access	hash.cygperl	1.11	12	13024	34	11	9	log
Hashes, Part II	hash2.cygperl	7.70	22	3816	21	10	5	log
Heapsort	heapsort.cygperl	8.85	31	7552	32	46	8	log
Hello World	hello.cygperl	7.08	29	2216	39	1	4	log
List Operations	lists.cygperl	1.61	15	3204	19	30	7	log
Matrix Multiplication	matrix.cygperl	34.41	32	2496	28	41	24	log
Method Calls	methcall.cygperl	20.10	29	2348	24	48	15	log
Nested Loops	nestedloop.cygperl	16.32	37	2368	40	23	39	log
Object Instantiation	objinst.cygperl	55.08	28	2400	22	52	13	log
Producer/Consumer Threads	prodcons.cygperl	F	(F) *	F	(F) *	38	10	log
Random Number Generator	random.cygperl	5.54	40	2724	37	12	5	log
Regular Expression Matching	regexmatch.cygperl	4.63	6	2444	10	28	9	log
Reverse a File	reversefile.cygperl	0.70	7	15380	25	2	5	log
Sieve of Erathostenes	sieve.cygperl	42.19	36	2860	37	18	15	log
Spell Checker	spellcheck.cygperl	1.85	10	5444	17	13	14	log
Statistical Moments	moments.cygperl	1.63	17	14860	31	36	3	log
String Concatenation	strcat.cygperl	0.08	11	2612	25	6	4	log
Sum a Column of Integers	sumcol.cygperl	2.15	15	2364	30	4	8	log
Word Frequency Count	wordfreq.cygperl	F	(F) *	F	(F) *	10	1	log
*Test Implemented but not measured (timeout or error).