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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: May the numbers speak - supplement
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mhx@iae.nl (mhx) writes:
> HMS is three times faster than  dtimescan  and  timestrscan,  while
> HMS2 is 3.5 times slower (as expected).

Is HMS the one that I posted, and HMS2 the version that's almost the
same?  Why the speed difference: just because of the extra memory
traffic of leaving extra things on the stack?