$ NUM_THREADS=6 ./llil4vec2 big1.txt big2.txt big3.txt >f.tmp llil4vec2 (fixed string length=6) use memcmp start use OpenMP use boost sort get properties time : 0.311 secs sort properties time : 0.261 secs vector reduce time : 0.030 secs vector stable sort time : 0.199 secs write stdout time : 0.316 secs total time : 1.120 secs