computation time

asked 2018-07-12 06:17:29 +0100

santoshi gravatar image

why the computation time required in the following way of execution is different.

1.to run the algorithm I am writing the code /algorithm directly on the sage terminal window and execute the code.

  1. in this process I am creating a .sage file of code/algorithm and save the file in a document. then load/attach that file with the proper path on sage terminal. the execution/ computation time in both the cases is different why?
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Please provide actual code and timings, so that other users can reproduce and work on the question.

slelievre gravatar imageslelievre ( 2018-07-12 11:37:13 +0100 )edit

Most likely, when you were working interactively you already had various modules imported and intermediate results cached, whereas when starting from a new session and loading the code, you don't have the benefit of those cached results. But without specifics it's hard to say. I believe there is work being done towards automatically persisting more cached results to disk, but it's an open question as to exactly what to persist and how, since there is a tradeoff between disk usage and performance. Of course, if you know exactly what intermediate results need to be persisted there are possibilities to do so manually.

Iguananaut gravatar imageIguananaut ( 2018-07-12 14:15:05 +0100 )edit