Benchmark: running regexp, transl, each for at least 10 CPU seconds... regexp: 10 wallclock secs (10.59 usr + 0.00 sys = 10.59 CPU) @ 37274.69/s (n=394739) transl: 13 wallclock secs (10.46 usr + 0.00 sys = 10.46 CPU) @ 313981.07/s (n=3284242) Rate regexp transl regexp 37275/s -- -88% transl 313981/s 742% --