[ed@deadbeef1 ed]$ perl russ.pl 
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of Grep, Max, Ternary...
      Grep:  2 wallclock secs ( 2.01 usr +  0.00 sys =  2.01 CPU) @ 49
+6364.52/s (n=1000000)
       Max:  5 wallclock secs ( 3.96 usr +  0.02 sys =  3.97 CPU) @ 25
+1782.64/s (n=1000000)
   Ternary:  5 wallclock secs ( 2.32 usr +  0.00 sys =  2.32 CPU) @ 43
+0976.43/s (n=1000000)
[ed@deadbeef1 ed]$ perl -v

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

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+kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to
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Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.

[ed@deadbeef1 ed]$

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damn... alpha's are fast...

In reply to Re: Algorithm Efficiency vs. Specialized Hardware? by eduardo
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