use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday tv_interval); my @array = (1..100); # say "@array"; # 0.332776 s # say @array; # 0.052496 s # # # 0.052361 s my $t0 = [gettimeofday]; for (1..10000) { my @array2 = @array; } say tv_interval($t0);