On Jul 13, 2004, at 12:24 AM, I wrote: > [snip] > Time taken to run: >> in C: > 8.5 seconds >> Java via Apple's JVM: > 22.2 seconds >> Java via GCJ: > 25.5 seconds > Whoops. Forgot the -O3. For the "Java via GCJ" option, execution time went down by 5.2 % to 24.2 seconds. Building the C version with -O3 seemed to make no difference (still 8.5 s). ---J