Benchmark: timing 2000 iterations of Krambambuli, blazar...
Krambambuli:  4 wallclock secs ( 3.28 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.29 CPU) @ 607.90/s (n=2000)
    blazar:  1 wallclock secs ( 0.80 usr +  0.00 sys =  0.80 CPU) @ 2500.00/s (n=2000)