On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 05:12:16 GMT, nobu.nokada / softhome.net wrote: >Yes, current implementation is optimized for bigger arrays, it >takes O(N+M) time, but former was O(N*M), where arrays with N >and M size. Perhaps, in this case, GC occurred several times >per each loops by 1,600,000 items hashes. I'm curious. How do you do this operation in O(N+M)? Ronald E Jeffries http://www.XProgramming.com http://www.objectmentor.com I'm giving the best advice I have. You get to decide whether it's true for you.