David Baird reports the following:

Configuration:

ActivePerl 5.8.2
Windows XP
Network installation on NetApp drive
100BaseT network

Results of "perl netperl.pl 1000"
Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of Local, Network...
     Local: 21 wallclock secs ( 0.48 usr +  1.75 sys =  2.23 CPU) @448.03/s (n=1000)
   Network: 34 wallclock secs ( 0.45 usr +  1.25 sys =  1.70 CPU) @587.20/s (n=1000)


I then changed the perl call in netperl.pl to "-V" instead of "-v", so
that the Config.pm module would be read as well.
Results:

Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of Local, Network...
     Local: 36 wallclock secs ( 0.44 usr +  1.26 sys =  1.70 CPU) @587.89/s (n=1000)
   Network: 63 wallclock secs ( 0.37 usr +  1.32 sys =  1.69 CPU) @590.67/s (n=1000)


So, for me, startup over the network takes a little less than twice as
long as running locally.

-David