Benchmark: timing 500000 iterations of Clone, Storable... Clone: 4 wallclock secs ( 3.27 usr + 0.00 sys = 3.27 CPU) @ 152905.20/s (n=500000) Storable: 30 wallclock secs (29.52 usr + 0.01 sys = 29.53 CPU) @ 16931.93/s (n=500000)