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Re: Timing of looping operators

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg62435] Re: Timing of looping operators
• From: carlos at colorado.edu
• Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:33:33 -0500 (EST)
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In my experience Do is noticeably faster than For
in loops that do relatively little in the body.  If the body does a
lot of computation, the difference is not important.

The advantage of For over Do is immediate translation to C,
C++, Java, ...   when Mathematica is used as a
development prototype tool.