On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:37:36 BST, kevin lyda said: > >i get the following on this program: > > ./foo 10.01s user 0.02s system 40% cpu 10.074 total This whole argument sounds like a clear case for http://www.tuatha.org/~mpk/devnull.html [aka, the Really Useful FhlushStone benchmark] -- Niall