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Time: 2007/11/17 22:29:53 GMT-8
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It seems that axiom's 'primes' function, returning the list of primes between two given numbers, is unnecessarily slow:

\begin{axiom}
)time on
primes(1,1000000);
\end{axiom}

vs.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/thread/614704678c627091/92efa3412b99c974?tvc=2&hl=en#92efa3412b99c974

Martin


Submitted by : (unknown) at: 2007-11-17T22:29:53-08:00 (17 years ago)
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It seems that axiom's primes function, returning the list of primes between two given numbers, is unnecessarily slow:

axiom
)time on
primes(1,1000000);
Type: List Integer
axiom
Time: 9.64 (EV) + 0.01 (OT) + 3.75 (GC) = 13.40 sec

vs.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/thread/614704678c627091/92efa3412b99c974?tvc=2&hl=en#92efa3412b99c974

Martin