use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; cmpthese(10000, { 'eval' => sub { eval_code() }, 'noeval' => sub { no_eval_code() },, }); sub eval_code { my $x = 0; for (1..1000) { eval { $x+=1; } } } sub no_eval_code { my $x = 0; for (1..1000) { $x+=1; } } #### Rate eval noeval eval 1495/s -- -62% noeval 3953/s 164% -- #### use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; cmpthese(1000000, { 'eval' => sub { eval_code() }, 'noeval' => sub { no_eval_code() },, }); sub eval_code { my $x = 0; for (reverse 0..9) { eval { my $x = 100/$_; }; if ($@) { error_sub(); } } } sub no_eval_code { for (reverse 0..9) { if ($_==0) { error_sub(); } else { my $x = 100/$_; } } } #### Rate eval noeval eval 67797/s -- -39% noeval 111111/s 64% --