Georg Wrede: > real 0m2.218s > user 0m2.169s > sys 0m0.047s Thank you. Such results are in line with mine. Leandro will like that. > This is best of three. But I'm convinced there's too much variation with > best of three. Middle of ten would be somewhat better. I agree. I usually time things more than three times, but three is the minimum :-) Bye, bearophile