I'm sure I don't have a vote, but I'd like to chime in and express my hope that these changes make it into 1.1. I ran some tests similar to Scott's and got good results:
Anyone who contribute code or other stuff has a vote ;-)
But these results are quite a bit better so I think Berin won't mind including them in 1.1 ;-)
Avg Time (ms): 372 - an old build w/Sun provider Avg Time (ms): 395 - 1.1 pre fix w/Sun provider Avg Time (ms): 225 - 1.1 post fix w/Sun provider Avg Time (ms): 190 - 1.1 post fix w/soon-to-be Juice
