#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw(:all); use Carp::Assert; sub CarpAssert { my ($test) = @_; assert($test < 50) if DEBUG; return $test; } sub OrAssert { my ($test) = @_; ($test < 50) || die "Test is wrong"; return $test; } my @nums = map { ((rand() * 100) % 50) } (0 .. 100); cmpthese(10_000, { 'CarpAssert' => sub { eval { CarpAssert($_) } for (@nums) }, 'OrAssert' => sub { eval { OrAssert($_) } for (@nums) }, });