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); __END__ SV = IV(0xe47dd8) at 0xe47de8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 1 SV = PVIV(0xe512d8) at 0xe47de8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 1 PV = 0xe56050 "1"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 16