% perl bench-hslice 100000
Benchmark: timing 100000 iterations of Assign_02, Assign_16, Assign_32, Assign_64, Slice_02, Slice_16, Slice_32, Slice_64...
 Assign_02:  1 wallclock secs ( 1.24 usr +  0.00 sys =  1.24 CPU)
 Assign_16:  7 wallclock secs ( 6.41 usr +  0.00 sys =  6.41 CPU)
 Assign_32: 14 wallclock secs (13.55 usr +  0.00 sys = 13.55 CPU)
 Assign_64: 26 wallclock secs (26.34 usr +  0.00 sys = 26.34 CPU)
  Slice_02:  2 wallclock secs ( 1.80 usr +  0.00 sys =  1.80 CPU)
  Slice_16: 10 wallclock secs ( 9.47 usr +  0.01 sys =  9.48 CPU)
  Slice_32: 19 wallclock secs (18.56 usr +  0.01 sys = 18.57 CPU)

  Slice_64: 39 wallclock secs (38.43 usr +  0.00 sys = 38.43 CPU)