use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw(cmpthese); my @source = 1 .. 1000000; my @result = @source; cmpthese (-3, { for => '@result = test_for ()', map => '@result = test_map ()', mapf => '@result = test_mapf ()', forv => 'test_for ()', mapv => 'test_mapf ()', }); sub test_for { my @sqrt_results; for my $result (@source) { push @sqrt_results , sqrt($result); } return @sqrt_results; } sub test_map { return my @sqrt_results = map { sqrt $_ } @source; } sub test_mapf { return map { sqrt $_ } @source; } #### Rate map for mapf forv mapv map 2.24/s -- -3% -31% -49% -78% for 2.31/s 3% -- -29% -48% -77% mapf 3.27/s 46% 41% -- -26% -68% forv 4.43/s 98% 92% 36% -- -56% mapv 10.1/s 353% 339% 210% 129% -- #### Rate for map mapf forv mapv for 23849/s -- -3% -29% -46% -76% map 24506/s 3% -- -27% -45% -76% mapf 33666/s 41% 37% -- -24% -66% forv 44571/s 87% 82% 32% -- -56% mapv 100159/s 320% 309% 198% 125% --