Some benchmarks: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use Benchmark;

  my @test= qw(this that what where who how why);

  my $results = timethese(50000,
    {
      'map' => sub { print map ("$_\n", @test) },
      'printfor' => sub { print "$_\n" for @test; },
      'join' => sub { print join("\n", @test),"\n"; },
      'forprint' => sub { for (@test) {print "$_\n"; } },
      'plain' => sub { print @test; },
#plain is for additional test like abigail
      'abigail' => sub { $,=$\=$/; print @test; },
    },
    'none'
  );
  Benchmark::cmpthese($results);

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My results:
             Rate      map printfor forprint  abigail     join    plai
+n
map       48544/s       --      -2%      -5%     -52%     -71%     -72
+%
printfor  49505/s       2%       --      -3%     -51%     -70%     -71
+%
forprint  51020/s       5%       3%       --     -50%     -69%     -70
+%
abigail  102041/s     110%     106%     100%       --     -39%     -41
+%
join     166667/s     243%     237%     227%      63%       --      -3
+%
plain    172414/s     255%     248%     238%      69%       3%       -
+-

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Update:
Ok, so I plugged Abigail's code in as well and I would of thought it would be the fastest. As the test 'plain' shows it is, when you aren't slowed down by an assignment.

Further update: Added a couple more tests and saw my problem.

In reply to Re: Beginning to see the light.... by lemming
in thread Beginning to see the light.... by earthboundmisfit

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