Is the native Aspell/WIN32 port a lot faster

Is the native Aspell/WIN32 port supposed to be a lot faster than simply 
invoking aspell via a batch file?  If it is faster, is the time savings 
mainly due to not having to "compile" the perl code every time it's 
invoked?  Is my question making sense?  Every time I call aspell (either 
in a command prompt or from a cobol application on windows), it takes at 
least 10 seconds just to present the interface and I am using pretty 
good hardware.
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