How exactly are you benchmarking?

You are aware perl has to compile the script, before it actually starts running it .... like BeernT said, show us some code (which you should've done in the first place)

 

______crazyinsomniac_____________________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"