Benchmark: running regex, split, each for at least 10 CPU seconds... regex: 12 wallclock secs (10.64 usr + 0.00 sys = 10.64 CPU) @ 40522.18/s (n=431156) split: 10 wallclock secs (10.02 usr + 0.00 sys = 10.02 CPU) @ 37290.82/s (n=373654)