Maxima compiles code to binary, and has done so, oh for a couple of decades.
Since Maxima is part of Sage, one might hope that William would be aware of this feature. Example. g(x):=block([s:0],for i thru x do s:s+i^2,s); g(10000); takes 0.15 seconds. compile(g); converts g to lisp and compiles it with an optimizing compiler. g is now about 5X faster. if one inserts declarations, e.g. mode_declare(i,fixnum, x, fixnum, s, fixnum), the code goes about 10X faster. I think that one can improve the speed substantially beyond that by setting optimization levels in the (lisp) compiler. I was using a GCL-based Maxima. RJF -- 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
