$ perl -MTime::HiRes=time -le 'while () { $a=time; print $a, " ", $a-$b; $b=$a; sleep 1.01 }' Use of uninitialized value $b in subtraction (-) at -e line 1. 1579951233.92519 1579951233.92519 1579951234.92536 1.00017690658569 1579951235.92573 1.00036287307739 1579951236.92672 1.00098919868469 1579951237.93894 1.01222395896912 1579951238.95456 1.01561999320984 1579951239.97017 1.01561403274536 1579951240.98579 1.01561689376831 1579951242.00141 1.01561808586121 !!!! 1579951243.01703 1.01561903953552 $ perl -MTime::HiRes=time -le 'print $Time::HiRes::VERSION' 1.9741 $ perl --version This is perl 5, version 26, subversion 3 (v5.26.3) built for x86_64-cygwin-threads-multi (with 7 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2018, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. #### $ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 26 subversion 3) configuration: Platform: osname=cygwin osvers=3.0.7(0.33853) archname=x86_64-cygwin-threads-multi uname='cygwin_nt-10.0 cygwinpro 3.0.7(0.33853) 2019-04-30 18:08 x86_64 cygwin ' config_args='-des -Dprefix=/usr -Dmksymlinks -Darchname=x86_64-cygwin-threads -Dlibperl=cygperl5_26.dll -Dcc=gcc -Dld=g++ -Accflags=-ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/cygpkgs/perl/perl.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.26.3-2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/cygpkgs/perl/perl.x86_64/src/perl-5.26.3=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.26.3-2 -fwrapv' hint=recommended useposix=true d_sigaction=define useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n default_inc_excludes_dot=define bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc' ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -D_GNU_SOURCE -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/cygpkgs/perl/perl.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.26.3-2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/cygpkgs/perl/perl.x86_64/src/perl-5.26.3=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.26.3-2 -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing' optimize='-O3' cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -D_GNU_SOURCE -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/cygpkgs/perl/perl.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.26.3-2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/cygpkgs/perl/perl.x86_64/src/perl-5.26.3=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.26.3-2 -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing' ccversion='' gccversion='7.4.0' gccosandvers='' intsize=4 longsize=8 ptrsize=8 doublesize=8 byteorder=12345678 doublekind=3 d_longlong=define longlongsize=8 d_longdbl=define longdblsize=16 longdblkind=3 ivtype='long' ivsize=8 nvtype='double' nvsize=8 Off_t='off_t' lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8 prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='g++' ldflags =' -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -fstack-protector-strong' libpth=/usr/lib libs=-lpthread -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat perllibs=-lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lcrypt libc=/usr/lib/libcygwin.a so=dll useshrplib=true libperl=cygperl5_26.dll gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs dlext=dll d_dlsymun=undef ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ' lddlflags=' --shared -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -fstack-protector-strong' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES MULTIPLICITY PERLIO_LAYERS PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_OP_PARENT PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE USE_LOCALE_COLLATE USE_LOCALE_CTYPE USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_LOCALE_TIME USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API Locally applied patches: Cygwin: README Cygwin: use auto-image-base instead of fixed DLL base address Cygwin: modify hints Cygwin: Configure correct libsearch Cygwin: Configure correct libpth Cygwin: Win32 correct UTF8 handling Perl: File-Path-2.14 (fixes CVE2017-6512) Built under cygwin Compiled at Aug 24 2019 12:22:19 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/Work/Perl/LIB" PERL5OPT="-Mstrict -Mwarnings" @INC: /Work/Perl/LIB /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.26/x86_64-cygwin-threads /usr/local/share/perl5/site_perl/5.26 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/x86_64-cygwin-threads /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26 /usr/lib/perl5/5.26/x86_64-cygwin-threads /usr/share/perl5/5.26