On 8/28/08, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:
> Maxima calls simplus 634 times;
> Yikes! You'll also see the same sums done a dozen or more times
> in a row.
Hmm. I've also noticed that in some circumstances ALIKE1 is called
over and over with apparently irrelevant arguments (stuff like
(ALIKE1 0 '$%PI) iirc). Maybe we could get a constant-factor
speed-up by revising some basic functions.
> If it's OK with everybody, I'll place this code in a new folder, say
> /share/contrib/altsimp.
OK by me.
By the way, what are the simplifications that this code does?
best
Robert Dodier