Benchmark: timing 10000 iterations of daxim, gwen , muffi,...
     daxim: 14.6732 wallclock secs (14.41 usr +  0.18 sys = 14.59 CPU) @ 685.40/s (n=10000)
     gwen : 0.830139 wallclock secs ( 0.82 usr +  0.00 sys =  0.82 CPU) @ 12195.12/s (n=10000)
     muffi: 0.690399 wallclock secs ( 0.68 usr +  0.00 sys =  0.68 CPU) @ 14705.88/s (n=10000)