Benchmark: timing 100 iterations of chad, swartz... chad: 118 wallclock secs (56.91 usr + 47.25 sys = 104.16 CPU) @ 0.96/s (n=100) swartz: 1515 wallclock secs (142.33 usr + 1044.36 sys = 1186.69 CPU) @ 0.08/s (n=100)