On Dec 09, 2006, at 16:35 UTC, Kem Tekinay wrote: > Good point, and I hadn't. With ReplaceAllB, the RB code still wins over > perl. > > At this point, it looks like the bulk of the penalty was in IsNumeric.
That's not a huge shock to me -- I suspect that IsNumeric does a lot more than we think it does, possibly querying the OS for your number-formatting preferences, etc. Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
