use strict; use Benchmark qw/ cmpthese /; cmpthese( 10000, { regular => sub{ regrecurse($_) for ( map{10*$_} (1..10) ) }, goto => sub{ gotorecurse($_) for ( map{10*$_} (1..10) ) }, iterative => sub{ iterative($_) for ( map{ 10* $_ } (1..10) ) } }, ); sub iterative { my $n = shift; my $m = 1; for(1..$n) { $m *= $_; } return $m; } sub regrecurse { my $n = shift; _reghelp(1, $n); } sub _reghelp { my($n, $m) = @_; if($m <= 1) { return $n; } return _reghelp($n * $m, $m - 1); } sub gotorecurse { my $n = shift; @_ = (1, $n); goto &_gotohelp; } sub _gotohelp { if($_[1] <= 1) { return $_[0]; } $_[0] *= $_[1]; $_[1]--; goto &_gotohelp; }