use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark q{cmpthese}; my $rsMatch = sub { my ($key, $val) = q{MYKEY=MYVAL=2} =~ /^([^=]*)=(.*)/s; return [$key, $val]; }; my $rsSplit = sub { my ($key, $val) = split m{=(?=.*=)}, q{MYKEY=MYVAL=2}; return [$key, $val]; }; cmpthese(-5, { Match => $rsMatch, Split => $rsSplit });