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>21,604 ops/sec ±14.56% (31 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string</b></td><td>160,620 ops/sec ±47.25% (18 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is 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>2,492 ops/sec ±14.34% (48 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string</b></td><td>2,881 ops/sec ±17.52% (20 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is string,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>59,695 ops/sec ±15.75% (32 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string</b></td><td>47,642 ops/sec ±20.53% (27 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>23,794 ops/sec ±13.21% (45 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string</b></td><td>370,373 ops/sec ±33.90% (28 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>10,258 ops/sec ±39.36% (27 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string</b></td><td>116,962 ops/sec ±45.23% (30 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>21,458 ops/sec ±20.33% (26 runs sampled)</td></tr><tr><td><b>string</b></td><td>188,835 ops/sec ±17.26% (25 runs sampled)</td></tr></table>

> Notes:
> - Fastest is string