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}
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Helen Read
University of Vermont