C:\>perl test.pl
Benchmark: timing 100000 iterations of Mine, Particle, Yours...
      Mine:  5 wallclock secs ( 4.06 usr +  0.00 sys =  4.06 CPU) @ 24630.54/s (
n=100000)
  Particle:  8 wallclock secs ( 7.20 usr +  0.00 sys =  7.20 CPU) @ 13888.89/s (
n=100000)
     Yours: 25 wallclock secs (24.67 usr +  0.00 sys = 24.67 CPU) @ 4053.51/s (n
=100000)

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