I put a self-contained test up here: http://gist.github.com/452095
To run it copy this to slurptest.clj and run these commands java clojure.main slurptest.clj makewords 100 (100 seems good for macs, 300 for linux) java -Xmx3G -Xms3G clojure.main slurptest.clj slurp| slurp2 Trying either slurp or slurp2. I see big timing differences on both macs and linux machines but it would be interesting to see if other people do too. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en