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Re: Is Mathematica on a PC Too Slow?

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  • Subject: [mg7210] Re: Is Mathematica on a PC Too Slow?
  • From: stephenbou at aol.com (StephenBou)
  • Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 02:30:50 -0400 (EDT)
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<<I think timing[10001!][[1]] will take about 100 seconds on a IIcx

Todays machines are below 1 sec.
Power Tower Pro 225:         0.783 sec
Pentium pro 200(linux):       1.04 sec

Karl U.
>>

Yep, I get 0.8 sec on my Power Tower Pro 225 for that factorial operation.
How do you get the 3 digits of accuracy on the Timing?

Stephen Boulet
stephenbou at aol.com


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