sysctl way too slow

[Atom Smasher]

http://smasher.org/tmp/zsh-bsd-sysctl-slow.png

is there a way to get this information that doesn't take so long?

the same info is available on linux via /sys and /proc and on comparable 
hardware, i can get the info about 100x faster.

thanks...


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