srand 0; my @fixture = map 'foo' . int( rand 1000 ). '.tla', 1..5000; use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; cmpthese( -1, { naive => sub { ( naive( @fixture ) )[ 0 ] }, orcish => sub { ( orcish( @fixture ) )[ 0 ] }, schwartzian => sub { ( schwartzian( @fixture ) )[ 0 ] }, guttros => sub { ( guttros( @fixture ) )[ 0 ] }, } ); __END__ Rate naive orcish schwartzian guttros naive 3.05/s -- -65% -76% -87% orcish 8.74/s 186% -- -31% -61% schwartzian 12.7/s 317% 46% -- -44% guttros 22.6/s 642% 159% 78% --