> On 2022-02-17, at 8:18 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Squeak needs 4000ms
>> Time millisecondsToRun:
>> 	[10000 timesRepeat: [(FileStream fileNamed: 'test,txt???) close]]
> 
> On my Linux box it only takes about 100ms.

On a Pi 4 - with a not very fast USB connection to external storage - it takes ~650mS.

So something about your specific machine setup must be suspect.

tim
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