dwalin@sol:/tmp$ perl test.pl 100 1000 100 Benchmark: timing 100 iterations of new, old... new: 22 wallclock secs (22.10 usr + 0.28 sys = 22.38 CPU) @ 4.47/s (n=100) old: 10 wallclock secs ( 9.87 usr + 0.08 sys = 9.95 CPU) @ 10.05/s (n=100)