From: Artur Biesiadowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I have done extensive test on java.lang.Character class. Here are my
>conclusions:
Thanks for the report.
>5) Performance is terrible. Terrible squared. Slower than slow. Here are
>the benchmark results
I believe the Classpath Character class relies on external disk files to
store some information. I don't know the internals, but it might be cached
after the first invocation. Did you try running the test twice sequentially
in the same thread and observe the performance the second time versus the
first?
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