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On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 Temcguire@aol.com wrote:

> Question#2:  Can PERL scripts be translated into C and compiled into
> executables?

There is a perl compiler that works under FreeBSD. Try
http://www.perl.com/

> processor.  I have 64Mb of memory and wonder if I installed another
> processor, would FreeBSD operate much faster?

Only if you were running 3.0-CURRENT with an SMP kernel.

Andrew