Benchmark: timing 10000000 iterations of eq, regex...

1048% perl boyer.pl
Benchmark: timing 10000000 iterations of eq, regex...
        eq:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.98 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.98 CPU) @ 1113585.75/s (n=10000000)
     regex: 16 wallclock secs (16.31 usr +  0.00 sys = 16.31 CPU) @ 613120.78/s (n=10000000)
           Rate regex    eq
regex  613121/s    --  -45%
eq    1113586/s   82%    --