Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of regexish, with_splitting... regexish: 59 wallclock secs (58.16 usr + 0.02 sys = 58.18 CPU) @ 17.19/s (n=1000) with_splitting: 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.02 CPU) @ 50000.00/s (n=1000) (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)