$ perl bench_sort.pl Benchmark: timing 80 iterations of merge, quick... merge: 3 wallclock secs ( 3.56 usr + 0.00 sys = 3.56 CPU) @ 22.50/s (n=80) quick: 199 wallclock secs (197.97 usr + 0.06 sys = 198.03 CPU) @ 0.40/s (n=80)