php multi exec is slow (19 minutes?)

[lynxoss]

I have a curl_multi_exec call to about 500 sites which it calls via an array loop:I am using the simplified code:http://github.com/kminkler/php-curl-multi/wikibut it gets VERRRY slow (19 minutes) towards the end...do I need to remove the handle every time is this a memory issue;Would you rec. writing a C++ curl routine