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? -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org