Hi Bill,
No, GT was right (as usual). In a 1 to 1000000 loop, backwards or forwards was 3.29 to 3.37 seconds and it was seemingly at random which was going to be faster on a given test. (P2 266MHz, 64MB RAM machine).
So a variation of .08 seconds can be expected. This works out to .0000008 seconds per iteration. I can live with that :-D
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05