#!/usr/bin/perl # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et sta: use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw( cmpthese ); my %target; my %source; ## prefill @target{'aa'..'zz' } = 'aa' .. 'zz'; @source{'ww'..'yy', 1..100} = ( 'ww'..'yy', 1..100 ); cmpthese( -1, { grandfather => sub { my %t = %target; @t{keys %source} = values %source; }, sleepyjay => sub { my %t = %target; %t = ( %t, %source ); }, }); __END__ Rate sleepyjay grandfather sleepyjay 598/s -- -62% grandfather 1585/s 165% -- Rate sleepyjay grandfather sleepyjay 649/s -- -62% grandfather 1706/s 163% --