Myaushka

Thanks; it's true that it was the only thing shown, and yes, it looks deliberate and "by design" in the code, but examples are not usually exhaustive. For what it's...

So you've tried killing it and rerunning? How about making the files read/write in temp while it's installing? I can't remember the exact sequence of events, but one of the...

I thought it might be about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_unwinding, but then I found this: http://jsperf.com/unrolled-loops It's not exactly the same thing, so maybe "further research is needed."

Actually, I updated the test to be more fair, and it's a lot more reasonable. I originally didn't include the loop unwinding code in the test, but it should be...

It's still faster, though, although not astronomically so.

Yes, exactly. I think I'll add a 3rd case and rename the cases appropriately!

This exactly proves your point about specific techniques being applicable to specific problems!