use Benchmark qw( cmpthese );

# From "man perlrun":

my @array = qw(
   Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files,
   extracting information from those text files, and printing reports
   based on that information. It's also a good language for many
   system management tasks. The language is intended to be practical
   (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny,
   elegant, minimal).
);

my %tests = ( 'join'      => sub { my $str = join('', @array);        
+1; }
            , 'stringify' => sub { local $" = ''; my $str = "@array"; 
+1; } );

print(@array . " words:\n\n");
cmpthese(-2, \%tests);

print("\n\n");

splice(@array, 20);
print(@array . " words:\n\n");
cmpthese(-2, \%tests);

print("\n\n");

@array = (@array) x 100;
print(@array . " words:\n\n");
cmpthese(-2, \%tests);
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