Benchmark: timing 5000000 iterations of index, regex... index: 1 wallclock secs ( 1.10 usr + 0.00 sys = 1.10 CPU) @ 4545454.55/s (n=5000000) regex: 2 wallclock secs ( 2.25 usr + 0.01 sys = 2.26 CPU) @ 2212389.38/s (n=5000000) Benchmark: timing 5000000 iterations of index, regex... index: 4 wallclock secs ( 2.99 usr + 0.01 sys = 3.00 CPU) @ 1666666.67/s (n=5000000) regex: 3 wallclock secs ( 3.66 usr + 0.01 sys = 3.67 CPU) @ 1362397.82/s (n=5000000)