use Benchmark qw(cmpthese); my $str= "This is a test, " x 200; my $single= "'".$str."'"; my $double= '"'.$str.'"'; cmpthese( -3, { a_double => sub { eval $double }, b_single => sub { eval $single }, c_double => sub { eval $double }, d_single => sub { eval $single }, } );