Re: Combinatorica loading time in V6
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- Subject: [mg78442] Re: Combinatorica loading time in V6
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 06:42:56 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
David Park wrote: > Have other people noticed that it takes over 10 times longer to load the > Combinatorica package in 6.0 than in 5.2? > > On my machine after starting the kernel: > > Version 5.2 > Timing[<<DiscreteMath`Combinatorica`] > {0.484 Second, Null} > > Version 6.0 > Timing[<<Combinatorica`] > {5.897, Null} I hadn't noticed, but now that you point it out, yes. It's on the order of 5 or 6 times slower on my machine: Version 5.2 Timing[<<DiscreteMath`Combinatorica`] (error message about Symbol Star appearing in multiple contexts) {1.422 Second, Null} Version 6.0 Timing[<<Combinatorica`] {8.359, Null} -- Helen Read University of Vermont