or download this
perl bench_use.pl
Benchmark: timing 1000000000 iterations of my_check, my_use...
my_check: 24 wallclock secs (27.21 usr + -0.09 sys = 27.12 CPU) @ 36
+873156.34/s (n=1000000000)
my_use: -3 wallclock secs ( 0.92 usr + 0.33 sys = 1.25 CPU) @ 800
+000000.00/s (n=1000000000)