>I must be missing something. What was the values returned in C++? I also wonder whether you created the string to its full length within the timing in C++ as well.
Well, actually, the original routines (FLL/C++ and VFP) that Christof Lange sent me created the string to its full length in the DO WHILE loop! In my test I moved it to outside the loop. But you're right that it should be created even earlier, that is before the nStart is declared, since it has nothing to do with what we're testing here. Nevertheless, this can't explain the speed difference, since both had it declared on the same spot.
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