[MWForum]MIA, Ask an Expert: gravity, asciis, ...

[Jeff Knope]

Well, darn!

Now I'm getting results very proportional to Wendy's. And wall clock 
readings jive with that. I swear, last night it was different! Either that, 
or the wine wasn't as good.

--Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy Petti" <wpetti@mathcats.com>
To: <mwforum@lists.mathcats.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: [MWForum]MIA, Ask an Expert: gravity, asciis, ...


>I ran the speed test on 3 versions of MW on my 1.1 GHz Pentium III 
>computer.
> I also ran the test comparing fd .00001 and fd 1 - there was no difference
> at all except on 2 versions, fd 1 took a hair longer.  But hiding the 
> turtle
> definitely increased the speed for all 3 versions.
>
> resett repeat 100 [repeat 1000 [fd .00001]] show timer
>
> MW EX using fd .00001:   742
> MW EX using fd 1:        748
> MW EX using fd 1 & ht:   590
>
> MW Pro using fd .00001:  387
> MW Pro using fd 1:       387
> MW Pro using fd 1 & ht:  226
>
> MW 2.03 using fd .00001: 374
> MW 2.03 using fd 1:      376
> MW 2.03 using fd 1 & ht: 213
>
> Note that it takes MW EX roughly twice as long as Pro and 2.03 to run the
> test when the turtle is showing... and approaching three times as long 
> (2.77
> times longer, comparing EX and 2.03) when the turtle is hidden.
>
> Wendy
>
>
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