[mike@prometheus PerlMonks]$ ./Russ.pl
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep: 16 wallclock secs (14.74 usr +  0.10 sys = 14.84 CPU) @ 67
+385.44/s (n=1000000)
       Max: 37 wallclock secs (36.62 usr +  0.00 sys = 36.62 CPU) @ 27
+307.48/s (n=1000000)
   Ternary: 39 wallclock secs (38.23 usr +  0.01 sys = 38.24 CPU) @ 26
+150.63/s (n=1000000)

[mike@prometheus PerlMonks]$ perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i386-linux

[mike@prometheus PerlMonks]$ uname -mrs
Linux 2.2.16-1 i586

[mike@prometheus PerlMonks]$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cac
+hed
Mem:         63032      61552       1480      20196       2012      23
+872
-/+ buffers/cache:      35668      27364

[mike@prometheus PerlMonks]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 5
model           : 2
model name      : Pentium 75 - 200
stepping        : 12
cpu MHz         : 199.436
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