ummm you mean a disadvantage? 
use Benchmark(cmpthese);
cmpthese(1000000, {
    'a' => sub {
        $_ = 'this that this those this these.';
        $a = () = /this/g;
    },
    'b' => sub {
        $_ = 'this that this those this these.';
        $a++ while(s/this//);
    },
    'c' => sub {
        $_ = 'this that this those this these.';        
        $a = s/this/this/g;
    }
});

[download]
my machine shows that your 'c' option is the fastest of these
      Rate    a    b    c
a 478240/s   --  -4% -19%
b 497018/s   4%   -- -16%
c 588235/s  23%  18%   --

[download]

In reply to Re^3: Count number of occurrence of word by Lennotoecom
in thread Count number of occurrence of word by fattahsafa

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.