On 03/03/2010 05:48 AM, William Stein wrote:
> Pari           0.030s
> Python      0.046s
> Maple          0.111s
> Maxima         0.456s
> Mathematica    0.524s
> Matlab         0.844s
> Magma          0.971s
> Sage           1.658s
> 
> This is probably the only benchmark that involves a "function" that
> *everybody* uses -- starting up the program.   Sage is currently dead
> last, and by a lot.  Python and Pari are both by far the fastest to
> startup, so at least it isn't Python's fault :-).

On a somewhat(?) related note:  How difficult is it to implement
analogues of the suspend, resume, and snapshot features that VirtualBox,
VMWare, etc., have?

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