Sean Coates wrote: >> The strcat results were approximately *10 times slower* on 5.2.1 than on >> 5.2.0. > > Upping the number significantly (from 200000 to 20000000) smooths out > abnormalities: > > 5.2.0: > strcat(20000000) 5.556 > > > 5.2.1: > strcat(20000000) 5.628
Which I hope helps my uneducated theory that allocating the memory blocks for the task is what is causing the delay. I'm glad its not just me anyway :) Regards Andrew -- Andrew Hutchings - Linux Jedi - http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/ A-Wing Internet Services - http://www.a-wing.co.uk/ Windows is the path to the darkside...Windows leads to Blue Screen. Blue Screen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering...I sense much Windows in you. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php