Hi Samuel,

>What machine are you using, I read in your code you achieve results near to 21 seconds. I can't reach anything close to that.

it's a Core Duo 1.6 GHz notebook, 2 GB RAM, Hitachi 100 GB 7,200 rpm hard disk, Win2k SP4.

BTW, in the meantime it's 15 seconds. ;-)

Markus