C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP>perl -w benchmark.pl
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  1 wallclock secs ( 2.30 usr +  0.00 sys =  2.30 CPU)
       Max:  7 wallclock secs ( 7.91 usr +  0.00 sys =  7.91 CPU)
   Ternary:  8 wallclock secs ( 8.08 usr +  0.00 sys =  8.08 CPU)

C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP>perl -v

This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for MSWin32-x86-object

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