Win2k on P233/128Mb RAM. 
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  9 wallclock secs (10.02 usr +  0.00 sys = 10.02 CPU) @ 99
+760.57/s (n=1000000)
       Max: 21 wallclock secs (20.92 usr +  0.00 sys = 20.92 CPU) @ 47
+801.15/s (n=1000000)
   Ternary: 22 wallclock secs (21.31 usr +  0.00 sys = 21.31 CPU) @ 46
+926.33/s (n=1000000)

This is perl, v5.6.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

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Linux RH6.0 on same machine (but different perl). 
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  8 wallclock secs ( 8.39 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.39 CPU)
       Max: 26 wallclock secs (25.82 usr +  0.00 sys = 25.82 CPU)
   Ternary: 27 wallclock secs (25.67 usr +  0.00 sys = 25.67 CPU)

This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-linux

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/brother t0mas

In reply to Re: Algorithm Efficiency vs. Specialized Hardware? by t0mas
in thread Algorithm Efficiency vs. Specialized Hardware? by Russ

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