Benchmark: timing 1000000000 iterations of ByteSemantic, CharSemantic...
ByteSemantic:  5 wallclock secs ( 4.06 usr + -0.02 sys =  4.05 CPU) @ 247157686.60/s (n=1000000000)
CharSemantic: 10 wallclock secs (11.11 usr +  0.00 sys = 11.11 CPU) @ 90017103.25/s (n=1000000000)
                    Rate CharSemantic ByteSemantic
CharSemantic  90017103/s           --         -64%
ByteSemantic 247157687/s         175%           --