Darwin x64 - 13.3.0
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<table><tr><td><b>node</b></td><td><b>memory</b></td><td><b>cpu</b></td></tr><tr><td>v0.10.29</td><td>8.59 GB</td><td>Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500S CPU @ 2.70GHz</td></tr></table>

#### Benchmark Results ####

<table><tr><td><b>buffer</b></td><td>50,367 ops/sec ±32.32% (33 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string+</b></td><td>45,842 ops/sec ±21.02% (30 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is buffer,string+

Linux x64 - 3.8.4-1-ARCH
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<table><tr><td><b>node</b></td><td><b>memory</b></td><td><b>cpu</b></td></tr><tr><td>v0.10.30</td><td>519 MB</td><td>QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0</td></tr></table>

#### Benchmark Results ####

<table><tr><td><b>buffer</b></td><td>3,843 ops/sec ±25.29% (38 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string+</b></td><td>3,115 ops/sec ±24.43% (15 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is buffer

Linux x64 - 3.13.0-34-generic
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<table><tr><td><b>node</b></td><td><b>memory</b></td><td><b>cpu</b></td></tr><tr><td>v0.10.29</td><td>8.30 GB</td><td>Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200M CPU @ 2.50GHz</td></tr></table>

#### Benchmark Results ####

<table><tr><td><b>buffer</b></td><td>41,801 ops/sec ±20.33% (24 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string+</b></td><td>32,822 ops/sec ±20.36% (26 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is buffer,string+

Darwin x64 - 13.2.0
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<table><tr><td><b>node</b></td><td><b>memory</b></td><td><b>cpu</b></td></tr><tr><td>v0.11.13</td><td>4.29 GB</td><td>Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz</td></tr></table>

#### Benchmark Results ####

<table><tr><td><b>buffer</b></td><td>13,133 ops/sec ±30.19% (43 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string+</b></td><td>84,653 ops/sec ±8.30% (36 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is string+

Darwin x64 - 13.3.0
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<table><tr><td><b>node</b></td><td><b>memory</b></td><td><b>cpu</b></td></tr><tr><td>v0.11.13</td><td>8.59 GB</td><td>Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500S CPU @ 2.70GHz</td></tr></table>

#### Benchmark Results ####

<table><tr><td><b>buffer</b></td><td>7,607 ops/sec ±61.47% (25 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string+</b></td><td>59,370 ops/sec ±14.82% (27 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is string+

Darwin x64 - 13.3.0
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<table><tr><td><b>node</b></td><td><b>memory</b></td><td><b>cpu</b></td></tr><tr><td>v0.10.31</td><td>8.59 GB</td><td>Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500S CPU @ 2.70GHz</td></tr></table>

#### Benchmark Results ####

<table><tr><td><b>buffer</b></td><td>45,510 ops/sec ±26.77% (24 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string+</b></td><td>38,569 ops/sec ±28.81% (25 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is buffer,string+