FWIW, I decided to try this simple test on a pair of sparcs that I have here.

voodoo: sparcstation 2, 64meg of RAM, totally idle..

^:jontow@voodoo:~% time ./blah
./blah  97.59s user 0.17s system 98% cpu 1:38.92 total


viator: sparcstation 10, dual SM61 cpus, 64meg of RAM, not at all idle..

^:jontow@viator:~% time ./blah
./blah  36.80s user 0.13s system 99% cpu 37.121 total


Kind of interesting.. I suspect that if the ss10 wasn't being used for as
much as it is, the time would drop a bit.

- Jonathan Towne (just my 1.5 cents)