$ NUM_THREADS=6 ./llil5vec-tbb big1.txt big2.txt big3.txt >big-5vec.tmp llil5vec-tbb (fixed string length=6) start use TBB use boost sort get properties time : 0.367148 secs sort properties time : 0.274697 secs vector stable sort time : 0.385357 secs write stdout time : 0.390569 secs total time : 1.4179 secs $ diff big-5vec.tmp big-3vec.tmp