use Benchmark; sub add_i43s { @_ > 1 ? add_i43s( shift() + shift(), @_ ) : shift() } sub add_davorg { eval join '+', @_ }; sub add_mdillon { my $sum; $sum += $_ for @_; $sum } timethese(100000, { 'i43s' => sub { add_i43s(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10); }, 'davorg' => sub { add_davorg(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10); }, 'mdillon' => sub { add_mdillon(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10); } });