diff --git a/bench.pl b/bench.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use lib qw(bench/lib);
+
+use strict;
+use warnings; 
+use Data::Dumper; 
+
+$ENV{EVENT_SEND_COUNT} = 500000 unless exists $ENV{EVENT_SEND_COUNT}; 
+$ENV{MIN_TEST_TIME} = 60 unless exists $ENV{MIN_TEST_TIME}; 
+$ENV{BENCH_DIR} = 'bench' unless exists $ENV{BENCH_DIR}; 
+
+logger("Configuration: $ENV{EVENT_SEND_COUNT} events and $ENV{MIN_TEST_TIME} seconds minimum test time\n");
+
+my @results = doTests();
+my $error = shift(@results); 
+doLog(@results); 
+exit($error); 
+
+exit(0); 
+
+sub logger {
+	print STDERR @_;
+}
+
+sub genFiles {
+	my ($dir) = @_; 
+	my $dh; 
+	my @paths; 
+	
+	die "$dir is not a directory or is not accessable" unless -d $dir; 
+
+	die "Could not opendir($dir): $!" unless opendir($dh, $dir); 
+	
+	foreach(readdir($dh)) {
+		next if m/^\./;
+		next if -d $_; 
+				
+		push(@paths, "$dir/$_");
+	}
+	
+	die "Could not closedir($dir): $!" unless closedir($dh); 
+	
+	return @paths; 
+}
+
+sub genTests {
+	my @files; 
+	my @buf; 
+		
+	if (scalar(@ARGV) > 0) {
+		@files = @ARGV; 
+	} else {
+		logger("Loading benchmarks from $ENV{BENCH_DIR}/... ");
+		@files = genFiles($ENV{BENCH_DIR});
+		logger("found ", scalar(@files), " files\n");
+	}
+	
+	foreach(@files) {
+		my %test = ( file => $_ ); 	
+	
+		logger("loading $_... ");
+	
+		$test{cb} = require $_; 
+		
+		logger("done\n");
+		
+		push(@buf, \%test); 
+	}
+	
+	return @buf; 
+}
+
+sub randomInt {
+	return int(rand(10)); 
+}
+
+sub genData {
+	my @buf = @_; 
+	
+	logger("Generating test data... ");
+
+	foreach(1 .. $ENV{EVENT_SEND_COUNT}) {
+		push(@buf, [ randomInt(), randomInt() ]);
+	}
+	
+	logger("done\n");
+	return @buf; 	
+}
+
+sub sumData {
+	my $sum = 0;
+	
+	foreach(@_) {
+		$sum += $_->[0] + $_->[1]; 
+	}
+	
+	return $sum; 
+}
+
+sub doTests {	
+	my @tests = genTests(); 
+	my @testData = genData(); 
+	my $sum = sumData(@testData); 
+	my $error = 0; 
+	
+	foreach(@tests) {
+		my $seconds = 0; 
+		my $eventCount = 0; 
+		my $iterations = 0; 
+	
+		logger("Measuring $_->{file}... ");
+		
+		while(1) {
+			my ($results, $bench); 
+			
+			$iterations++; 
+			
+			$results = $_->{cb}(@testData);
+			$bench = $results->{bench}; 
+			
+			if ($results->{sum} != $sum) {
+				logger("INVALID SUM $results->{sum} != $sum "); 
+				$error = 1; 
+			}
+			
+			$seconds += $bench->[0];
+			$eventCount += $ENV{EVENT_SEND_COUNT}; 
+					
+			if ($seconds >= $ENV{MIN_TEST_TIME}) {
+				last; 
+			}
+			
+			logger("$iterations "); 
+		}
+			
+		$_->{analysis} = {
+			cpuTime => $seconds,
+			eventCount => $eventCount,
+			eventsPerSecond => $eventCount / $seconds,
+		}; 
+			
+		logger("done\n");
+	}
+	
+	return ($error, @tests);
+}
+
+sub doLog {
+	my (@tests) = @_; 
+	
+	logger("Report format: file\tevents per second\tcost of solution\n");
+	
+	foreach(sort({ $b->{analysis}->{eventsPerSecond} <=> $a->{analysis}->{eventsPerSecond} } @tests)) {
+		my $analysis = $_->{analysis}; 
+		my $eventsPerSecond = int($analysis->{eventsPerSecond}); 
+		our $fastest; 
+		my $cost; 
+		
+		if (! defined($fastest)) {
+			$fastest = $eventsPerSecond;
+		}
+		
+		$cost = $fastest / $eventsPerSecond;  
+			
+		print "$_->{file}\t$eventsPerSecond\t$cost\n";
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/bench/lib/EventBench/Reflex/Event.pm b/bench/lib/EventBench/Reflex/Event.pm
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+++ b/bench/lib/EventBench/Reflex/Event.pm
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+package EventBench::Reflex::Event; 
+
+use Moose;
+use Reflex;
+
+extends 'Reflex::Event'; 
+
+has arg1 => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', required => 1 );
+has arg2 => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', required => 1 );
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable; 
+
+1; 
diff --git a/bench/method-array.pl b/bench/method-array.pl
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+package EventBench::Method::Array; 
+
+use strict;
+use warnings; 
+use Benchmark ':hireswallclock';
+
+sub receive_event {
+	my ($arg1, $arg2) = @_; 
+	our($sum); 
+	
+	$sum += $arg1 + $arg2; 
+}
+
+return sub {
+	my (@testData) = @_; 
+	our $sum = 0; 
+	my $bench; 
+	
+	$bench = timeit(1, sub {
+		
+		foreach(@testData) {
+			receive_event($_->[0], $_->[1]); 
+		}
+	});	
+	
+	return { bench => $bench, sum => $sum }; 
+}; 
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diff --git a/bench/method-hash.pl b/bench/method-hash.pl
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+package EventBench::Method::Hash; 
+
+use strict;
+use warnings; 
+use Benchmark ':hireswallclock';
+
+sub receive_event {
+	my (%event) = @_; 
+	our $sum; 
+	
+	$sum += $event{arg1} + $event{arg2}; 
+}
+
+return sub {
+	my (@testData) = @_; 
+	our $sum = 0; 
+	my $bench; 
+	
+	$bench = timeit(1, sub {
+		foreach(@testData) {
+			receive_event(arg1 => $_->[0], arg2 => $_->[1]); 
+		}
+	});	
+	
+	return { bench => $bench, sum => $sum }; 
+}; 
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diff --git a/bench/objectmethod-array.pm b/bench/objectmethod-array.pm
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+++ b/bench/objectmethod-array.pm
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+package EventBench::ObjectMethod::Array; 
+
+use strict;
+use warnings; 
+use Benchmark ':hireswallclock';
+
+sub new {
+	return bless({}, $_[0]);
+}
+
+sub receive_event {
+	my ($self, $arg1, $arg2) = @_; 
+	our $sum; 
+	
+	$sum += $arg1 + $arg2; 
+}
+
+return sub {
+	my (@testData) = @_; 
+	my $test = EventBench::ObjectMethod::Array->new; 
+	our $sum = 0; 
+	my $bench; 
+	
+	$bench = timeit(1, sub {
+		
+		foreach(@testData) {
+			$test->receive_event($_->[0], $_->[1]); 
+		}
+	});	
+	
+	return { bench => $bench, sum => $sum }; 
+}; 
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diff --git a/bench/objectmethod-cbmanager.pm b/bench/objectmethod-cbmanager.pm
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+package EventBench::ObjectMethod::CBManager; 
+
+use strict;
+use warnings; 
+use Benchmark ':hireswallclock';
+use Scalar::Util qw(weaken); 
+
+sub new {
+	my $self = bless({ }, $_[0]);
+	our $sum; 
+	
+	$self->{handlers}->{sum} = $self->weakcb(sub {
+		my ($self, %event) = @_; 
+		
+		$sum += $event{arg1} + $event{arg2}; 
+	}); 
+	
+	return $self; 
+}
+
+sub receive_event {
+	my ($self, %event) = @_;
+	
+	$self->{handlers}->{$event{name}}->($self, %event); 
+}
+
+#pass in code ref or method name as string 
+sub weakcb {
+	my ($self, $cb) = @_; 
+	
+	weaken($self); 
+	
+	return sub {
+		my ($self) = shift(@_); 
+		
+		die "expected weak reference to self to be valid but it was undefined" unless defined $self; 
+		
+		return $self->$cb(@_);
+	};
+}
+
+return sub {
+	my (@testData) = @_; 
+	my $test = EventBench::ObjectMethod::CBManager->new; 
+	my $bench; 
+	our $sum; 
+	
+	$bench = timeit(1, sub {
+		our $sum = 0; 
+		
+		foreach(@testData) {
+			$test->receive_event(name => 'sum', arg1 => $_->[0], arg2 => $_->[1]);
+		}
+	});	
+	
+	return { bench => $bench, sum => $sum }; 
+}; 
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diff --git a/bench/objectmethod-hash.pm b/bench/objectmethod-hash.pm
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+++ b/bench/objectmethod-hash.pm
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+package EventBench::ObjectMethod::Hash; 
+
+use strict;
+use warnings; 
+use Benchmark ':hireswallclock';
+
+sub new {
+	return bless({}, $_[0]);
+}
+
+sub receive_event {
+	my ($self, %event) = @_; 
+	our $sum;
+	
+	$sum += $event{arg1} + $event{arg2}; 
+}
+
+return sub {
+	my (@testData) = @_;
+	my $test = EventBench::ObjectMethod::Hash->new; 
+	our $sum = 0; 
+	my $bench; 
+	
+	$bench = timeit(1, sub {
+		foreach(@testData) {
+			$test->receive_event(arg1 => $_->[0], arg2 => $_->[1]); 
+		}
+	});	
+	
+	return { bench => $bench, sum => $sum }; 
+}; 
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