Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of curl, lwp... curl: 12 wallclock secs ( 0.31 usr + 0.13 sys = 0.44 CPU) @ 2272.73/s (n =1000) lwp: 16 wallclock secs ( 4.66 usr + 0.55 sys = 5.21 CPU) @ 191.94/s (n= 1000)