$ time ./rtoa-pgatram-fixed t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt >f.tmp read_input_files : 15996000 items read file time : 0.356 secs roman_to_dec time : 0.460 secs output time : 0.124 secs total time : 0.941 secs real 0m0.947s user 0m0.875s sys 0m0.072s # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11152168 max_workers => 16 $ time perl rtoa-pgatram-mce.pl t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt >p.tmp rtoa pgatram start time 0.980 secs real 0m1.008s user 0m14.836s sys 0m0.075s # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11152168 max_workers => 17 $ time perl rtoa-pgatram-mce.pl t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt >p.tmp rtoa pgatram start time 0.912 secs real 0m0.940s user 0m14.802s sys 0m0.123s # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11152168 max_workers => 32 $ time perl rtoa-pgatram-mce.pl t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt t1.txt >p.tmp rtoa pgatram start time 0.548 secs real 0m0.577s user 0m15.889s sys 0m0.231s $ cksum f.tmp p.tmp 737201628 75552000 f.tmp 737201628 75552000 p.tmp