$ NUM_THREADS=3 ./llil4vec big1.txt big2.txt big3.txt >out.txt llil4vec (fixed string length=12) start use OpenMP use boost sort get properties 0.131 secs sort properties 0.191 secs vector reduce 0.036 secs vector stable sort 0.267 secs write stdout 0.191 secs total time 0.818 secs