$ perl -v This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for PA-RISC1.1 results: Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary... Grep: 26 wallclock secs (21.98 usr + 0.17 sys = 22.15 CPU) Max: 33 wallclock secs (31.87 usr + 0.07 sys = 31.94 CPU) Ternary: 35 wallclock secs (33.29 usr + 0.13 sys = 33.42 CPU) #### Same version of perl results: Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary... Grep: 5 wallclock secs ( 4.83 usr + 0.00 sys = 4.83 CPU) Max: 7 wallclock secs ( 6.77 usr + 0.01 sys = 6.78 CPU) Ternary: 7 wallclock secs ( 6.90 usr + 0.00 sys = 6.90 CPU)