# perl bench_regexp 100000lines.92MB.file Benchmark: timing 1 iterations of one_string, two_string... one_string: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.68 usr + 0.42 sys = 2.10 CPU) @ 0.48/s (n=1) (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count) two_string: 77 wallclock secs (76.13 usr + 0.59 sys = 76.72 CPU) @ 0.01/s (n=1) (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)