syslogd performance on ext2 vs. ext3

[Skunk Worx]

I suppose it's expected that code like the following would run some 10x 
slower on ext3 due to the journaling, but thought i'd mention it anyway.
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SW

#include <stdio.h>
#include <syslog.h>
main()
{
   int i;
   openlog("speedtest",LOG_PID,LOG_USER);
   for(i=0;i<999;i++) {
     syslog(LOG_INFO,"%s","log number 1");
     syslog(LOG_INFO,"%s","log number 2");
   }
   closelog();
}