Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep: 10 wallclock secs (10.75 usr +  0.05 sys = 10.80 CPU)
       Max: 31 wallclock secs (31.10 usr +  0.05 sys = 31.15 CPU)
   Ternary: 32 wallclock secs (31.29 usr +  0.01 sys = 31.30 CPU)

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