$ perl bench_sort.pl Benchmark: timing 80 iterations of merge, quick... merge: 3 wallclock secs ( 3.40 usr + 0.00 sys = 3.40 CPU) @ 23.53/s (n=80) quick: 199 wallclock secs (198.93 usr + 0.12 sys = 199.06 CPU) @ 0.40/s (n=80)