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    On 23 Oct 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

    > Either
    >
    > (a) Solaris has solved the faster-than-light problem, and Sun engineers
    > should get a Nobel price in physics or something.
    >
    > (b) Solaris "scales" by being optimized for 10000 entries, and not
    > speeding up sufficiently for a small number of entries.
    >
    > You make the call.

    You will probably get the 6.5 factor because you have some (big) contant
    setup time. For example

    t = 1700 + n

    This gives you an increase of 6.5 from 100 to 10000, although it is of
    course is O(n). No magic there... :-)

    /Tobias


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