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Timing[] holes?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg22929] Timing[] holes?
• From: Gavin Scott <gscott at netcom.com>
• Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 02:04:45 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

With 4.0.2 under Windows 2000, Timing[] doesn't seem to work, or at least
not to the degree that I would expect.  For example,

   Timing[N[Pi, 10^6]]

returns something like 84 seconds, but the kernel eats up 40 minutes of
CPU (and wall) time performing the evaluation!

Should I complain to support?

G.