Ewan: > i have just checked in speedups for the fasta parsing: > 38.750u 2.420s 0:49.67 82.8% 0+0k 22+0io 0pf+0w > vs > 15.240u 1.440s 0:19.14 87.1% 0+0k 21+0io 0pf+0w *sigh* So now I have to rerun my benchmark timings comparing the different parsing systems and performance? Well, it's been a couple years. :) Nice going! Andrew