use experimental 'signatures'; sub map_die ($ar) { eval {map {die} @$ar}; } sub for_die ($ar) { eval { for (@$ar) { die; } } } #### use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; my @arr = ((0) x 1e6); cmpthese(0, { map => sub {map_die(\@arr)}, for => sub {for_die(\@arr)}, }); __DATA__ Rate map for map 1257/s -- -100% for 1664823/s 132352% -- #### use List::Gen 'array'; sub gen_die ($ar) { eval { &array($ar)->map(sub {die}); } } cmpthese(0, { map => sub {map_die(\@arr)}, for => sub {for_die(\@arr)}, gen => sub {gen_die(\@arr)}, }); __DATA__ Rate map gen for map 1316/s -- -93% -100% gen 18831/s 1330% -- -99% for 1662271/s 126174% 8727% --