NOTE: I know many of you may think of this is a Meditation but I wasn't quite sure where it would fit.

Well in a while of being here I've noticed that many of you have loops after what whats it supposed to do. Example. 
print "Hey" if $response = "hi";

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I was just thinking/wondering if this is faster or slower than the traditional.. 
 
if($response = "hi"){
    print "Hey";
}

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Im wondering if the first example slower because it grabs the first argument (print "Hey") and stores it then moves on to validate if the second argument is true (if $response = "Hi";) if its false then throws it out. While, the other validates if its true and if not then skips it (or the opposite if you use the unless loop). I was just wondering what your thoughts were on this. thanks, bye

Wanna be perl hacker.
Dave AKA damian

In reply to Loops and speed by damian1301

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