use Benchmark qw(:all); my $a = 10; my $b = 20; cmpthese(-2, { 'Direct' => sub { my $c = $a+$b; }, 'Sub' => sub { my $c = add ($a, $b); }, 'Method' => sub { my $c = __PACKAGE__->meth_add ($a, $b); }, 'Method+sub' => sub { my $c = __PACKAGE__->meth_sub_add ($a, $b); }, 'Sub^2' => sub { my $c = add2 ($a, $b); }, 'Method^2' => sub { my $c = __PACKAGE__->meth2 ($a, $b); }, }); sub add { return $_[0] + $_[1]; } sub add2 { return add (@_); } sub meth_add { shift; return $_[0] + $_[1]; } sub meth_sub_add { shift; return add (@_); } sub meth2 { return $_[0] -> meth_add ( $_[1], $_[2] ); }