Why does outputting "B" in Java work much slower than outputting "#"?

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner in Java and writing a simple script to build a histogram of random number distribution. In a loop, I output characters to the console via System.out.print(). I noticed a strange thing: when I output the "#" character (hash), the program runs very fast. But if I change the character to "B" (uppercase Latin letter), the execution becomes noticeably slower — a difference of 2-3 times! Here's simplified code that demonstrates the problem: ```java public class TestPrint { public static void main(String[] args) { long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) { System.out.print("#"); // or "B" } long end = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("\nTime: " + (end - start) + " ms"); } ```