Benchmark: running lc, regex for at least 30 CPU seconds... lc: 34.068 wallclock secs (34.10 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 34.10 CPU) @ 19917.24/s (n=679178) regex: 31.518 wallclock secs (31.53 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 31.53 CPU) @ 13689.50/s (n=431630) Rate regex lc regex 13690/s -- -31% lc 19917/s 45% --