Benchmark: timing 250000 iterations of one, two... one: 1 wallclock secs ( 0.26 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.26 CPU) @ 961538.46/s (n=250000) (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count) two: 1 wallclock secs ( 0.46 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.46 CPU) @ 543478.26/s (n=250000) Benchmark: timing 2000000 iterations of one, two... one: 2 wallclock secs ( 2.06 usr + 0.00 sys = 2.06 CPU) @ 970873.79/s (n=2000000) two: 4 wallclock secs ( 3.68 usr + 0.00 sys = 3.68 CPU) @ 543478.26/s (n=2000000)