#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw(timethese cmpthese); { package foo; sub get_foo { "@_" }; sub get_bar { "@_" } } my $puk = sub { for (qw(foo bar)) { my $code = "foo->get_$_(qq(bar))"; eval $code; } }; my $rev = sub { for (qw(foo bar)) { my $meth = "get_$_"; foo->$meth("bar"); } }; cmpthese timethese(-2, { rev => $rev, puk => $puk, });