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+The 'times' in this directory are not all for the most recent version of
+the library and it should be noted that on some CPUs (specifically sparc
+and Alpha), the locations of files in the application after linking can
+make upto a %10 speed difference when running benchmarks on things like
+cbc mode DES.  To put it mildly this can be very anoying.
+
+About the only way to get around this would be to compile the library as one
+object file, or to 'include' the source files in a specific order.
+
+The best way to get an idea of the 'raw' DES speed is to build the 
+'speed' program in crypto/des.