$ NUM_THREADS=6 ./llil4map big1.txt big2.txt big3.txt >f.tmp llil4map start use phmap::parallel_flat_hash_map use OpenMP use boost sort get properties time : 1.6778 secs finish merging time : 0.754921 secs vector stable sort time : 0.76791 secs write stdout time : 0.382316 secs total time : 3.5832 secs