$ perl bench_sort.pl Benchmark: timing 80 iterations of merge, quick... merge: 3 wallclock secs ( 3.76 usr + 0.00 sys = 3.76 CPU) @ 21.28/s (n=80) quick: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.53 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.53 CPU) @ 52.32/s (n=80)