> My build was of the CVS image available on 12/1. Has something changed since > then that has caused a substantial slowdown in looping? Is there any reason > why a local build would have better optimization, even though the > compilers/runtime libs/build options are the same? (I think I followed the > the MSVC build instructions for msys, but who knows)
Maybe a fatter code due to some statically-linked component (like SparseSuite)?
Did you compile with debug enabled? (My pre-compiled version contains debug,
mainly due to the fact it was the last build I did). From tests I made before,
optimized code performs much better.