my $start_time = [Time::HiRes::gettimeofday()]; . . . my ($user, $system, $child_user, $child_system) = times; print "wall clock time was ", Time::HiRes::tv_interval($start_time), "\n", "user time for $$ was $user\n", "system time for $$ was $system\n", "user time for all children was $child_user\n", "system time for all children was $child_system\n";