Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary... Grep: 9 wallclock secs ( 8.85 usr + 0.00 sys = 8.85 CPU) @ 112994.35/s (n=1000000) Max: 12 wallclock secs (12.10 usr + 0.00 sys = 12.10 CPU) @ 82644.63/s (n=1000000) Ternary: 12 wallclock secs (12.17 usr + 0.00 sys = 12.17 CPU) @ 82169.27/s (n=1000000) #### Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary... Grep: 5 wallclock secs ( 5.32 usr + 0.00 sys = 5.32 CPU) @ 187969.92/s (n=1000000) Max: 9 wallclock secs ( 8.64 usr + 0.00 sys = 8.64 CPU) @ 115740.74/s (n=1000000) Ternary: 8 wallclock secs ( 8.63 usr + 0.01 sys = 8.64 CPU) @ 115740.74/s (n=1000000)