Fair point. I missed the number of iterations in my quick scan through the code (more descriptive variable names would have helped). My question didn't relate to the 60+ second range but the fraction of a second range, since it looked in the large graph as if your special-purpose code had a near-order-of-magnitude "head start" over the average general purpose tool examined.
-xdg
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