>>Strings: String took: 8 wallclock secs ( 8.06 usr + 0.03 sys = 8.09 CPU) >>AoA: Array took: 8 wallclock secs ( 8.33 usr + 0.13 sys = 8.45 CPU) This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)