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in reply to Re: Why is this code so much slower than the same algorithm in C?
in thread Why is this code so much slower than the same algorithm in C?

Apples to oranges, but ActiveState 5.8.8 (Windows) on a significantly faster dual-core machine: 28 seconds.

Unfortunately, I no longer have any good way to run 5.6.