Ye olde thread-ring was less about startup ;-)<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org&#x2F;u64q&#x2F;performance.php?test=threadring" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org&#x2F;u64q&#x2F;performance.php...</a>