use Readonly; Readonly $C1 => 1; my $t0 = time(); my $a = 2; for (1 .. 10000000) { if ($a ++ == $C1) { ; } } print time() - $t0; #### use constant C1 => 1; my $t0 = time(); my $a = 2; for (1 .. 10000000) { if ($a ++ == C1) { ; } } print time() - $t0;