syslogd performance on ext2 vs. ext3

[Skunk Worx <skunkworx verizon net>]

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();
}