[10:27:15 jhorner@gateway scripts]$ ./ch0as-1.pl test.txt Benchmark: timing 100 iterations of whichone, whichtwo... whichone: 0 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr + 0.02 sys = 0.03 CPU) @ 3333.33/s (n=100) (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count) whichtwo: 14 wallclock secs (12.54 usr + 1.55 sys = 14.09 CPU) @ 7.10/s (n=100)