use strict; use warnings; use Attribute::Benchmark; my @rands = map rand, 1..5_000_000; sub mean_via_lexicals :Benchmark { my @nums = @rands; my $count = @nums; my $total = 0; for (my $i=0; $i < @nums; $i++) { $total += $nums[$i]; } $total / $count; } sub mean_via_globals :Benchmark { our @nums = @rands; our $count = @nums; our $total = 0; for (our $i=0; $i < @nums; $i++) { $total += $nums[$i]; } $total / $count; } __END__ s/iter mean_via_globals mean_via_lexicals mean_via_globals 7.37 -- -12% mean_via_lexicals 6.45 14% --