[Mimedefang] Embedding Perl in Multiplexor -- good idea?

[Lucas Albers]

> The big question mark is whether destroying a Perl interpreter really,
> honestly, truly frees up all the memory allocated by Perl.  The big
> advantage of the current scheme is that it's highly resilient in the
> face of Perl memory leaks.  People routinely leave the multiplexor
> running for months.
> David.

So the important things to consider for this change to have the perl
embedded are:

Pro's:
Use less memory.
Has the biggest effect on high load sights with many slaves?

Cons:
Might slowly leak memory over a period of time.

The only real way to cover up memory leaks  is to have a master that
systematically recycles slave processes?

Does that just about cover it?

--Luke