Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.85 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.85 CPU) @ 112994.35/s (n=1000000)
       Max: 12 wallclock secs (12.10 usr +  0.00 sys = 12.10 CPU) @ 82644.63/s (n=1000000)
   Ternary: 12 wallclock secs (12.17 usr +  0.00 sys = 12.17 CPU) @ 82169.27/s (n=1000000)