On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will note that performing the same action 1,000 times takes at least > 9 copies and 14 pastes; the same action 10,000 times takes at least 13 > copies and 17 pastes, which is not significantly more effort.
Or here's a cute way of doing it in Unix: $ echo "This is an action to be performed 1000 times." > 1 $ cat 1 1 > 2 $ cat 2 2 > 4 $ cat 4 4 > 8 $ cat 8 8 > 16 $ cat 16 16 > 32 $ cat 32 32 > 64 $ cat 64 64 > 128 $ cat 128 128 > 256 $ cat 256 256 > 512 $ cat 512 256 128 64 32 8 > 1000 $ wc 1000 1000 9000 46000 1000 $ echo "This is an action to be performed 10000 times." > 1 $ cat 1 1 > 2 $ cat 2 2 > 4 $ cat 4 4 > 8 $ cat 8 8 > 16 $ cat 16 16 > 32 $ cat 32 32 > 64 $ cat 64 64 > 128 $ cat 128 128 > 256 $ cat 256 256 > 512 $ cat 512 512 > 1024 $ cat 1024 1024 > 2048 $ cat 2048 2048 > 4096 $ cat 4096 4096 > 8192 $ cat 8192 1024 512 256 16 > 10000 $ wc 10000 10000 90000 470000 10000 -root
