% perl hslice 100000
Benchmark: timing 100000 iterations of Assign_02, Assign_16, Assign_32, Assign_64, Slice_02, Slice_16, Slice_32, Slice_64...
 Assign_02:  1 wallclock secs ( 0.68 usr +  0.00 sys =  0.68 CPU) @ 147058.82/s (n=100000)
 Assign_16:  3 wallclock secs ( 3.99 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.99 CPU) @ 25062.66/s (n=100000)
 Assign_32:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.40 usr +  0.01 sys =  8.41 CPU) @ 11890.61/s (n=100000)
 Assign_64: 17 wallclock secs (16.61 usr +  0.03 sys = 16.64 CPU) @ 6009.62/s (n=100000)
  Slice_02:  1 wallclock secs ( 0.70 usr +  0.00 sys =  0.70 CPU) @ 142857.14/s (n=100000)
  Slice_16:  4 wallclock secs ( 4.21 usr +  0.00 sys =  4.21 CPU) @ 23752.97/s (n=100000)
  Slice_32:  7 wallclock secs ( 8.30 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.30 CPU) @ 12048.19/s (n=100000)
  Slice_64: 18 wallclock secs (16.93 usr +  0.01 sys = 16.94 CPU) @ 5903.19/s (n=100000)