#!/usr/bin/perl use Benchmark; sub multi_and { my $result = shift; for (@_) { $result &= $_ } $result } my %dispatch = (); sub and_maker { my $num_args = shift; return $dispatch{$num_args} if $dispatch{$num_args}; my $built = join '&', map {'$_[' . $_ . ']'} (0..$num_args - 1); return $dispatch{$num_args} = eval "sub { $built }"; } # I'll go ahead and pre-cache these my $and_maker_5 = and_maker(5); my $and_maker_50 = and_maker(50); my $and_maker_500 = and_maker(500); my $and_maker_5000 = and_maker(5000); my $and_maker_50000 = and_maker(50000); my @list_5 = (1..5); my @list_50 = (1..50); my @list_500 = (1..500); my @list_5000 = (1..5000); my @list_50000 = (1..50000); timethese(1000000, { 'and_maker 5 elements' => sub { $and_maker_5->(@list_5); }, 'multi_and 5 elements' => sub { multi_and(@list_5); }, }); print "----\n"; timethese(100000, { 'and_maker 50 elements' => sub { $and_maker_50->(@list_50); }, 'multi_and 50 elements' => sub { multi_and(@list_50); }, }); print "----\n"; timethese(10000, { 'and_maker 500 elements' => sub { $and_maker_500->(@list_500); }, 'multi_and 500 elements' => sub { multi_and(@list_500); }, }); print "----\n"; timethese(1000, { 'and_maker 5000 elements' => sub { $and_maker_5000->(@list_5000); }, 'multi_and 5000 elemets' => sub { multi_and(@list_5000); }, }); print "----\n"; timethese(100, { 'and_maker 50000 elements' => sub { $and_maker_50000->(@list_50000); }, 'multi_and 50000 elemets' => sub { multi_and(@list_50000); }, });