[newbie] How to optimize maxima code?



Kirill,

> I'm doing some calculations with spherical functions Ylm, and
> the problem is that my code is running painfully slow.

Hmm, sounds like an interesting problem.
About profiling, take a look at the functions timer and timer_info --
timer records function call execution time and timer_info shows
the results.

? timer
at the input prompt should find info about these functions.

Hope this helps,
Robert Dodier