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Create a file with 10_000 lines: for x in {1..10000}; do echo 'say ‘a’;' >> print.p6; done And then time it: time perl6 print.p6 It will take around 16 seconds to run. You can also use 「print」 instead of 「say」, it does not matter. The time grows linearly. I haven't done any serious benchmarks but please look at the attached graph, the data just speaks for itself. Very important note (by Zoffix++): “It's all in compilation too. 17 seconds before it told me I got a syntax error. It takes 17s to run 10,000 prints on my box, but if I move them into a module and a sub and precompile the module, then I get 1.2s run. This is all compared to 0.2s run with Perl 5 on the same box” Perhaps sub lookups are that slow? Originally reported by zhmylove++.