$ perl bench_sort.pl Benchmark: timing 80 iterations of merge, quick... merge: 4 wallclock secs ( 3.76 usr + 0.00 sys = 3.76 CPU) @ 21.28/s (n=80) quick: 22 wallclock secs (22.48 usr + 0.00 sys = 22.48 CPU) @ 3.56/s (n=80)