[FWP] beauty vs. brains

[Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net>]

I've often done

  $file = do { local $/, <FILE> };

when I wish to slurp a file into a scalar.  However, I recently realized
that doing

  read(FILE, $file, -s FILE);

can be done in NEARLY half the time.  I don't see it done (at
all) though.  I'll admit showing my $/ prowess is nice, but also showing
my "know when to be spiffy-looking" prowess is nice too.

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