Slackware 3.5, Kernel 2.2.14

Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  5 wallclock secs ( 5.98 usr +  0.00 sys =  5.98 CPU)
       Max: 13 wallclock secs (12.67 usr +  0.00 sys = 12.67 CPU)
   Ternary: 12 wallclock secs (12.77 usr +  0.00 sys = 12.77 CPU)

This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i586-linux

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 5
model           : 4
model name      : Pentium MMX
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 233.033008

64MB RAM

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in thread Algorithm Efficiency vs. Specialized Hardware? by Russ

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