> piglet$ time java Bench
> 1.470u 0.080s 0:01.59 97.4% 0+0k 0+0io 5784pf+0w
> piglet$ time ./test_prog run.pbc
> 40.080u 0.030s 0:42.07 95.3% 0+0k 0+0io 137pf+0w
Maybe you got a Just-In-Time compiler?
I turned mine off and I got,
hamlet{193}: time java Bench
16.442u 0.093s 0:22.88 72.2% 16+2233k 0+0io 0pf+0w
hamlet{288}: time ./test_prog test.pbc
23.373u 0.015s 0:31.59 74.0% 20+248k 0+0io 1pf+0w
Still, a little slower.
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