A basic while loop

  my $N = 100000;    
  my $i = 0;           
  my $j = 0;          
  
  # start timer       
  while $j < $N {    
      $i = $i + $j; 
      $j = $j + 1; 
  }
  # stop timer    

Results (seconds):

              2011.01  

while 0..^N    23.04