C:\test>241328
Name "main::substr" used only once: possible typo at C:\test\241328.pl line 6.
Name "main::bytewise" used only once: possible typo at C:\test\241328.pl line 5.
Name "main::vec" used only once: possible typo at C:\test\241328.pl line 7.
Benchmark:
running
 bytewise, substr, vec
, each for at least 5 CPU seconds
...

  bytewise:  5 wallclock secs ( 5.17 usr +  0.01 sys =  5.18 CPU) @  1.55/s (n=8)

Use of uninitialized value in substr at (eval 6) line 1.
    substr:  6 wallclock secs ( 6.05 usr +  0.00 sys =  6.05 CPU) @  0.83/s (n=5)

       vec:  6 wallclock secs ( 5.22 usr +  0.00 sys =  5.22 CPU) @  0.96/s (n=5)

         s/iter   substr      vec bytewise
substr     1.21       --     -14%     -47%
vec        1.04      16%       --     -38%
bytewise  0.647      87%      61%       --

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