>>Mark,
>>
>>I ran mine on a Compaq P200 with 88MB ram and I got times MUCH faster than yours, and with an even larger percentage difference:
>>
>>Straight Code: 1.555
>>As Variable : 0.717
>>As Define : 1.252
>
>OK, I just re-ran this. I now get similar results -
>
>Straight Code: 0.631
>As Variable : 0.463
>As Define : 0.638
>
>I have no idea what went wrong the first time. I feel muuuuch better now.

Beat this :)

Straight Code: 0.230
As Variable : 0.140
As Define : 0.231

Compaq Deskpro Pentium III - 500, 128 RAM, NT Workstation.
:)