The script I used to benchmark samcv++'s branch

bench_samcv_branch.sh

for i in $(seq 1 5); do
    ./install/bin/perl6 -e '"a" x 1000000000 ~ "b" ~~ /b/; say now - INIT now;'
done | awk '{ v += $0; i++; }; END { print v/i }'