Code optimization
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg109764] Code optimization
- From: "S. B. Gray" <stevebg at ROADRUNNER.COM>
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 05:57:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: stevebg at ROADRUNNER.COM
Suppose I have an expression like foo =(expression 1)/denominator + (expression 2)/denominator where "denominator" is itself a complex expression. Is it worthwhile for me to compute "denominator" once and use it explicitly in foo, or will Mathematica cleverly deduce that it needs to be computed only once? My guess is that Mathematica is an interpreter so it will not optimize the code. Steve Gray