Re: [Axiom-mail] Help with AXIOM

[Elias P. TSIGARIDAS]

For the moment i will use
)set message time on
which is the easier and the faster solution for me :-)

I will try the other way with the package of Renaud after Wednesday
because i have a deadline then....



Thank you all very much for you help

--Elias


David MENTRE wrote:

> Hello Elias,
>
> "Elias P. TSIGARIDAS" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  
>
> > I read data from a file and i do computations. I just want to measure
> > the computation time
> >    
>
> Ok. 
>
> First solution: use previously mentioned ")set message time on".
>
>
> Second solution: update Renaud's TIMER package.
> http://ftp.lip6.fr/lip6/softs/formel/Axiom/Misc/timer.spad.gz
>
> GCTIME should be replaced by GCL SI::GBC-TIME (thank you Camm). 
>
>  Function: GBC-TIME (&optional x)
>      Package:SI
>
>  Sets the internal C variable gc_time to X if X is supplied and then
>  returns gc_time. If gc_time is greater or equal to 0, then gc_time is
>  incremented by the garbage collector, according to the number of
>  internal time units spent there. The initial value of gc_time is -1.
>
>
> I tried to update the package but there is an issue with the SI:: common
> lisp package prefix.
>
> Either I use SI_:_:GBC_-TIME()$Lisp syntax, the code compiles but Axiom
> compiler produces |SI::GBC-TIME| symbol which is not recognized as GCL
> function.
>
> Or either I use SI::GBC_-TIME()$Lisp syntax but in the case the code
> does not compile.
>
> Another point is that a command like ")lisp (si::gbc-time 0)" should be
> entered at package initialization to enable gbc-time computation.
>
> Last point, one should use INTERNAL-TIME-UNITS-PER-SECOND from Lisp to
> get the transform returned number into seconds.
>
> Constant: INTERNAL-TIME-UNITS-PER-SECOND
>     Package:LISP The number of internal time units that fit into a second.
>
>
>
> Sorry, I cannot help you further, what your are asking is beyond my
> knowledge. As he proposed to you, Tim will help you.
>
>
> Yours,
> d.
>  

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