Re: split a list
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- Subject: [mg40639] Re: split a list
- From: Bill Rowe <listuser at earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 02:06:23 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 4/10/03 at 3:44 AM, majort at cox-internet.com (Dr Bob) wrote: >Your solution (the same as Jens-Peer Kuska's) IS simpler and clearer >(though clarity is in the eye of the beholder!) Agreed >-- but my timing comparisons disagree with yours. Perhaps my >environment is different (WinXP, 1024MB Ram, 2.2 GHz P4, Mathematica >4.2.1). Yes, my enviroment is different (MacOS X, 1024MB Ram, 800 MHz G4, Mathematica 4.2.1). With a different environment it isn't surprising the actual times are different. But I would have thought the time rankings would be the same given the same version of Mathematica. It seems interesting this doesn't seem to be the case. Clearly a case of user beware. In any case, the timing differences between the two methods is quite small and unlikely to be noticed except for extreme cases.