Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  5 wallclock secs ( 5.32 usr +  0.00 sys =  5.32 CPU) @ 187969.92/s (n=1000000)
       Max:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.64 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.64 CPU) @ 115740.74/s (n=1000000)
   Ternary:  8 wallclock secs ( 8.63 usr +  0.01 sys =  8.64 CPU) @ 115740.74/s (n=1000000)