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Re: Probability

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg124633] Re: Probability
• From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
• Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:12:33 -0500 (EST)
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On 1/26/12 at 3:24 AM, bongiob at sbcglobal.net (Benedetto Bongiorno)
wrote:

>Can anyone test & explain why this function's timing is substantial
>longer the first time it is executed over subsequent times?

Mathematica caches intermediate results. Those caches are used
in subsequent evaluations saving time. Take a look at the
documentation for ClearSystemCache.