Benchmark: timing 100000 iterations of Albannach, Jenda, artist, bobn, demerphq, tilly, tye, yosefm...
 Albannach:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.75 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.75 CPU) @ 11424.65/s
     Jenda:  2 wallclock secs ( 2.21 usr +  0.00 sys =  2.21 CPU) @ 45187.53/s
    artist: 89 wallclock secs (86.88 usr +  0.00 sys = 86.88 CPU) @ 1150.96/s
      bobn:  7 wallclock secs ( 7.69 usr +  0.00 sys =  7.69 CPU) @ 13002.21/s
  demerphq: 28 wallclock secs (27.22 usr +  0.00 sys = 27.22 CPU) @ 3673.90/s
     tilly:  4 wallclock secs ( 3.89 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.89 CPU) @ 25733.40/s
       tye:  5 wallclock secs ( 4.37 usr +  0.00 sys =  4.37 CPU) @ 22899.02/s
    yosefm: 25 wallclock secs (24.50 usr +  0.00 sys = 24.50 CPU) @ 4082.30/s