Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of eq, index, regex, regex_anch... eq: 1 wallclock secs ( 0.88 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.88 CPU) @ 1136363.64/s (n=1000000) index: 0 wallclock secs ( 1.65 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.65 CPU) @ 606060.61/s (n=1000000) regex: 0 wallclock secs ( 1.08 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.08 CPU) @ 925925.93/s (n=1000000) regex_anch: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.59 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.59 CPU) @ 628930.82/s (n=1000000) Rate index regex_anch regex eq index 606061/s -- -4% -35% -47% regex_anch 628931/s 4% -- -32% -45% regex 925926/s 53% 47% -- -19% eq 1136364/s 87% 81% 23% --