?iga Lenar?i? wrote:
>
> Precisely the reason $timing must be defined in lisp with 'defmspec'
> - to prevent argument evaluation. In maxima it is possible (but not
> very handy) to do (with documented Maxima functions):
> ---------
> start: elapsed_run_time();
> expression;
> runtime: elapsed_run_time() - start;
> --------
>
> It does what $timing does - but it's not very handy :) for quick
> profiling of your or Maxima functions.
>
Perhaps timer() will do what you want. "? timer" for more info.
Ray