use Benchmark qw(:all); my $a = 10; my $b = 20; cmpthese(-2, { 'Sub' => sub { my $c = add ($a, $b); }, 'Method' => sub { my $c = __PACKAGE__->meth_add ($a, $b); }, 'Sub^2' => sub { my $c = add2 ($a, $b); }, 'Method^2' => sub { my $c = __PACKAGE__->meth2 ($a, $b); }, 'Method^3' => sub { my $c = __PACKAGE__->meth3 ($a, $b); }, }); sub add { return $_[0] + $_[1]; } sub add2 { $_[0] + $_[1] } sub meth_add { shift; return $_[0] + $_[1]; } sub meth2 { shift; $_[0] + $_[1] } sub meth3 { $_[1] + $_[2] }