I was wondering about something - in some cases, such as large
operations on large matricies - it is possible to know in advance about
how long the process will take, since one can estimate the time per
unit operation and the total number of operations? Would it be
possible/useful for the system to have a "sanity check" mode where it
would try to make an estimate of the total time to complete a command,
and if it's something long (minutes, half hour, etc.) it can ask for
confirmation? I don't know how effective it could be, but it would
sure be nice to know when to expect a long evaluation and when to
suspect a mistake. I imagine this probaby is impractical, but I
thought I'd ask :-)
CY
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