Hi Gregg, I think the modified script below will improve the first time performance by quite a bit for you. Pre allocating the space needed makes a big diff. (1/3 the time on my machine)
Cheers, Allen K REBOL [ Comment: { Converted to REBOL by Gregg Irwin for testing purposes. Some speed mods. Pre-allocated block size, REBOLised the maths Allen K } ] pyth-tree: func [ a[pair!] b[pair!] depth[integer!] face /local c d e color ][ c: d: e: 0x0 color: depth * -10 + 0.255.0 c/x: a/x - a/y + b/y c/y: a/x + a/y - b/x d/x: b/x + b/y - a/y d/y: a/x - b/x + b/y e/x: c/x - c/y + d/x + d/y * 0.5 e/y: c/x + c/y - d/x + d/y * 0.5 append draw-cmds compose [pen (color) line (c) (a) (b) (d) (c) (e) (d)] ;append draw-cmds reduce [c a b d c e d] ;print [c a b d c e d] ;show face if depth < 12 [ pyth-tree c e depth + 1 face pyth-tree e d depth + 1 face ] ;wait .05 ] world-size: 640x520 start-pt-1: 266x450 start-pt-2: 374x450 lay: layout [ size world-size backdrop black origin 0x0 canvas: image 640x480 across button "go" [ clear draw-cmds ;show canvas print now/precise pyth-tree start-pt-1 start-pt-2 0 canvas print now/precise ;print length? draw-cmds show canvas ] button "quit" [quit] ] ; preallocate the space needed canvas/effect: reduce ['draw draw-cmds: make block! 90000] print "" view lay -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.