gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/benchmark/http_simple_auto.js b/benchmark/http_simple_auto.js
index 4e136a6..06cf9fa 100644
--- a/benchmark/http_simple_auto.js
+++ b/benchmark/http_simple_auto.js
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
     if (n <= 0)
       throw "bytes called with n <= 0"
     if (stored[n] === undefined) {
-      stored[n] = "";
-      for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-        stored[n] += "C"
-      }
+      stored[n] = "C";
+      while (stored[n].length < n) stored[n] += stored[n];
     }
     body = stored[n];
 
diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 6e13b60..41f9f29 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         },
       },
       'Release': {
+        'defines': [ 'NDEBUG', '_NDEBUG' ],
         'cflags': [ '-O3', '-fdata-sections', '-ffunction-sections' ],
         'conditions': [
           ['target_arch=="x64"', {