--THIS:

local trials = {}
local funcs = [[

    ->
    for i = 1, 5 do
        print("i : " .. i)
    end
    <-

    ->
    for x = 1, 5 do
        print("x : " .. x)
    end
    <-

]]

for i = 1, 200 do
    local now = tick()
    sp(funcs).multiCall()
    sp(trials).insert(tick() - now)
end

print("AVERAGE RUN TIME : " .. sp(trials).average())





--INSTEAD OF THIS:






local trials = {}
local funcs = [[

    ->
    for i = 1, 5 do
        print("i : " .. i)
    end
    <-

    ->
    for x = 1, 5 do
        print("x : " .. x)
    end
    <-

]]

for i = 1, 200 do
    local now = tick()
    funcs:gsub("%->.+<%-", function(match)
        loadstring(match:gsub("[%-<*>*]+", ""))()
    end)
    table.insert(trials, tick() - now)
end

local average = 0
for _, number in ipairs(trials) do
    average = average + number
end

print("AVERAGE RUN TIME : " .. average / #trials)