use strict;
use warnings;
use Benchmark qw(cmpthese);

my $klein = 'alpha - beta';

cmpthese (0, {
        m_klein => sub {
            my ($part) = $klein =~ m/^([^-]*)/;
        },
        split_klein => sub {
            my ($part) = split /-/,$klein,2;
        },
    });

my $gross = 'alpha - ' . 'beta' x 10000;

cmpthese (0, {
        m_gross => sub {
            my ($part) = $gross =~ m/^([^-]*)/;
        },
        split_gross => sub {
            my ($part) = split /-/,$gross,2;
        },
    });