homebuilt PC, Athlon XP, 1667 MHz (2000), 512 MB, Windows 2000 SUN JVM 1.3.1 = 30 seconds SUN JVM 1.4.1 = 6 seconds SUN JVM 1.4.2 = 5 seconds SUN JVM 1.5.0 = 5 seconds BEA JRockIt JVM 1.4.1 = 7 seconds BEA JRockIt JVM 1.4.2 = 4 seconds BEA JRockIt JVM 1.5.0 = 4 seconds IBM JVM 1.3.0 = 3 seconds IBM JVM 1.3.1 = 4 seconds IBM JVM 1.4.0 = 4 seconds Oracle JVM 1.3.1 = 37 seconds applet SUN JVM 1.4.1 = 5 seconds applet MS JVM = 27 seconds G++ 2.95 = 5 seconds G++ 3.1 = 8 seconds G++ 3.2 = 7 seconds G77 2.95 = 3 seconds G77 3.1 = 7 seconds G77 3.2 = 7 seconds G77 3.3 = 8 seconds MS VC++ 6 standard = 6 seconds MS VC++ 6 /Ox /G5 = 4 seconds MS .NET 1.1 SDK C/C++ standard = 5 seconds MS .NET 1.1 SDK C/C++ /Ox /G7 = 4 seconds MS .NET 1.1 SDK C# = 3 seconds MS .NET 2.0 beta SDK C# = 2 seconds Borland C++ Builder 5.5 = 3 seconds Borland Delphi 6 = 3 seconds Open Watcom 1.0 = 3.5 seconds PWS 433au, EV56, 433 MHz, 512 MB, VMS 7.2-1 standard JVM 1.3.1 = 2180 seconds fast JVM 1.3.1 = 24 seconds DEC C++ 6.5 = 13 seconds DEC C 6.5 = 13 seconds DEC Pascal 5.7 = 11 seconds DEC Fortran 7.2 = 13 seconds Dell laptop, Pentium III, 750 MHz, 512 MB, Windows 2000 SUN JVM 1.3.1 = 65 seconds SUN JVM 1.4.1 = 18 seconds GCC 3.1 = 18 seconds