Benchmark: timing 100 iterations of html, join, local, manual...
      html: 46 wallclock secs (45.58 usr +  0.05 sys = 45.63 CPU) @  2.19/s (n=100)
      join: 220 wallclock secs (219.65 usr +  0.07 sys = 219.72 CPU) @  0.46/s (n=100)
     local: 221 wallclock secs (220.61 usr +  0.14 sys = 220.75 CPU) @  0.45/s (n=100)
    manual: 866 wallclock secs (864.92 usr +  0.26 sys = 865.18 CPU) @  0.12/s (n=100) 

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$ prtdiag | head -3
System Configuration:  Sun Microsystems  sun4u 4-slot Sun Enterprise 3000
System clock frequency: 84 MHz
Memory size: 1024Mb

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Benchmark: timing 100 iterations of html, join, local, manual...
      html:  7 wallclock secs ( 6.36 usr +  0.01 sys =  6.37 CPU) @ 15.70/s (n=100)
      join: 22 wallclock secs (22.27 usr +  0.01 sys = 22.28 CPU) @  4.49/s (n=100)
     local: 22 wallclock secs (22.46 usr +  0.02 sys = 22.48 CPU) @  4.45/s (n=100)
    manual: 76 wallclock secs (75.38 usr +  0.01 sys = 75.39 CPU) @  1.33/s (n=100)

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Linux 2.4.18-14
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
stepping        : 4
cpu MHz         : 2405.502
cache size      : 512 KB
MemTotal:       513908 kB
MemFree:        388036 kB