Perl document "INSTALL" has a subsection called "Building a shared Perl library" (https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/1ef9039bccbfe64f47f201b6cfb7d6d23e0b08a7/INSTALL#L540), the bulk of which first appeared in the core distribution back in 1996: ##### commit c3edaffb7eb74da112291acdf5874d2666d2ef54 Author: unknown <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> AuthorDate: Thu Aug 22 03:11:00 1996 +0000 Commit: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> CommitDate: Thu Aug 22 03:11:00 1996 +0000 perl 5.003_03: INSTALL ##### Apart from discussing the sequence of shell commands needed to build a shared Perl library, this subsection, then and now, (a) provides a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of such a shared Perl library, and (b) gives an estimate of how much slower perl runs with a shared library. Problem: the data cited in the speed estimate is still that from Solaris 2.5_x86 back in 1996. This part of the documentation has not *substantially* changed in 26 years. It would benefit from review by one or two **people who have experience** with building shared Perl libraries (`-Duseshrplib`) and **running them in production environments**, both as to the pros and cons of such libraries and to their performance on contemporary OSes. Thank you very much. Jim KeenanThread Next