cino hilliard writes: > The following code appears to provide a free lunch. Can someone try this on > their systems > to see if they get similar results? > > Thanks, > Cino > > // Free Lunch > // > //Mind boggling code in Gcc 3.4.4. incrementing a variable in a loop runs 20 > times faster than just > //an empty loop. There's a good reason for this. You can discover it by reading gcc's documentation. See ``Deleting "empty" loops''. Andrew.