2009/3/18 Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH :

I suspect if you profile you'll find that Haskell's show is faster than C's printf, especially if the appropriate show instance is selected at compile time.

Probably why the executable is bigger, too. Try static linking if you want apples-to-apples. -- Taral "Please let me know if there's any further trouble I can give you." -- Unknown