Benchmark: timing 100000000 iterations of double_grep, grep_and, lookahead_grep... double_grep : 27 wallclock secs (26.98 usr + 0.00 sys = 26.98 CPU) @ 3705899.79/s (n=100000000) grep_and : 24 wallclock secs (23.05 usr + 0.00 sys = 23.05 CPU) @ 4338959.52/s (n=100000000) lookahead_grep : 24 wallclock secs (22.83 usr + 0.00 sys = 22.83 CPU) @ 4380585.25/s (n=100000000)