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in reply to Re^6: "exists $hash{key}" is slower than "$hash{key}"
in thread "exists $hash{key}" is slower than "$hash{key}"

The point was to assess the relative difference exists $h{$k} vs $h{$k}, not the absolute speed. A few more details are in 11111212.

Apologies for the confusion and/or lack of clarity.