C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin\My Documents\scripts>test.pl Benchmark: timing 10000000 iterations of with plus, without plus... with plus: 75 wallclock secs (72.48 usr + 0.01 sys = 72.49 CPU) @ 137959.58/s (n=10000000) without plus: 86 wallclock secs (84.41 usr + 0.01 sys = 84.42 CPU) @ 118453.94/s (n=10000000)