Benchmark: timing 50000 iterations of foo_or, foo_qs... foo_or: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.28 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.28 CPU) @ 39062.50/s (n=50000) foo_qs: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.21 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.21 CPU) @ 41322.31/s (n=50000) Rate foo_or foo_qs foo_or 39062/s -- -5% foo_qs 41322/s 6% --