RESULTS ON EVEREST: 
Java's user time is 20 times more than C. System times are comparable.

create.c 
   open:  a.out 10000  0.05s user 22.31s system 99% cpu 22.390 total 
   creat: create 10000  0.05s user 14.00s system 99% cpu 14.067 total 
          create 20000  0.13s user 55.25s system 99% cpu 55.559 total

delete.c 
   delete 10000  0.02s user 1.06s system 101% cpu 1.066 total
   delete 20000  0.07s user 5.06s system 99% cpu 5.145 total

Create.java
   java Create 10000  1.27s user 15.07s system 98% cpu 16.646 total
   java Create 20000  3.17s user 69.48s system 99% cpu 1:13.04 total

Delete.java
   java Delete 10000  1.25s user 1.34s system 100% cpu 2.579 total
   java Delete 20000  2.35s user 5.37s system 97% cpu 7.902 total

