My results are:
0.316
0.223
0.315
on Pentium Pro(r), 64MBRAM, VFP 6.0 SP3. I also changed my program to use local variables instead of #define.

>Mark,
>
>My results were virtually the same as Roi's. I'm running a PII 350 as well with 128 Mb and VFP 6.0 SP3. I wouldn't think, however, that it's the RAM, because what you're showing is considerably different. There should be some difference between the three results with the variable being fastest.
>
>>Nope. Copied-and-pasted your code straight to a PRG. Damn, I need a faster machine and/or more RAM. :]
>>
>>>Mine on a Dual PII 350 with 256MB Ram, VFP 6 SP 3. I get about 30% (same as George).
>>>Straight Code: 0.313
>>>As Variable : 0.203
>>>As Define : 0.313
>>>
>>>I'm surprised mine ran so much faster, or did you change the number of loops.
>>>
>>>>My results on a Dell 200mHz 64MB Ram, VFP 6 SP 3. Difference too small to matter?
>>>>Straight Code: 23.785
>>>>As Variable : 23.416
>>>>As Define : 23.608
>>>>