Name: krC82822			Date: 04/24/2001


24 Apr 2001, eval1127@eng -- 1.3.x/1.4.x significantly slower
than 1.2.x.  See Comments section.
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java version "1.3.0_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0_02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0_02, mixed mode)

Sample program:

import java.math.*;

public class powtest
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();

        BigInteger result = BigInteger.valueOf(10).pow(65536);

        System.out.println("runtime:       " +
           (System.currentTimeMillis()-t1)/1000.0 + " secs");
    }
}

System is: W2K Server SP1 AMD 550MHz

Running against JDK 1.3.0_02 it takes about 65 seconds. If running against JDK
1.2.2_006 it takes 0.5 seconds. Someone seems to have badly "over-optimized"
this ...

(Review ID: 123144) 
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