Compilers released after BCB 6 used the Dinkumwear STL implementation for
greater compliance with the C++ standard. Unfortunately greater compliance
sometimes means slower operation and this may be a case of that. Ask in the
C++ Builder groups to find out if my guess on this is correct. If it were
me I would ask in
borland.public.cppbuilder.language.cpp
. Ed
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