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[Robert Hyatt]

OK, here's the results. I added an x = y / z; type operation at the very top of Evaluate(). the values were all global, and y and z are changed so that the compiler can't play any hanky-panky with getting rid of them and replacing the divide with a constant. I also use the value elsewhere so that it has to change correctly.

log.001: time=6.75 mat=0 n=12424532 fh=93% nps=1.8M
log.002: time=6.74 mat=0 n=12424532 fh=93% nps=1.8M

So I see absolutely no difference in speed at all...

Bob

BTW both were compiled using intel's 64 bit compiler, with PGO. the first run is without the divide, the second is with.