1 more speed question

[Dar Scott]

On May 18, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:

> Putting the limit into a variable speeds things up considerably:
>
> put the number of controls on card id 200593 of stack "revIcons" into y
> repeat with x=1 to y
>  add 1 to z
> end repeat

6.9 ms

>
> Is twice as fast (.73 ticks vs 1.41 ticks) as:
>
> repeat with x=1 to the number of controls on card id 200593 of stack 
> "revIcons"
>  add 1 to z
> end repeat

6.9 ms

Did you forget to put the 'put' inside your timing?  Or are we seeing 
your clock resolution?

I tested two ways with Rev 2.5.1 OS X dual 1.25 GHz.

I think the latter is slightly faster.

Dar

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