字符串加法与StringBuilder.append()

public class Main {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here        
        int times = 1000;// 次数

        long beginBuilder = System.currentTimeMillis();
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) {
            builder.append(i);
        }
        long endBuilder = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long useBuilder = endBuilder - beginBuilder;
        System.out.println("builder 使用时间：" + useBuilder);

        long beginAdd = System.currentTimeMillis();
        String str = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) {
            str += i;
        }
        long endAdd = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long useAdd = endAdd - beginAdd;
        System.out.println("add 使用时间：" + useAdd);

    }
}

执行效率比较如下，
[table]
|times|1000|5000|10000|20000|
|append|0|0|0|0|
|+|31|454|2031|13328|
[/table]
背后的原理是怎样的，还需研究一番[暂时搁浅吧]呀...