Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  5 wallclock secs ( 4.41 usr +  0.01 sys =  4.42 CPU)
       Max: 10 wallclock secs ( 9.32 usr +  0.02 sys =  9.34 CPU)
   Ternary: 10 wallclock secs ( 9.43 usr + -0.02 sys =  9.41 CPU)