Somewhere I have recorded the times for the "JKT benchmark" on various
machines over the years.  But didn't you used to use 50 50 matrices?
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2007-December/009015.html

Your report brings to mind two anecdotes concerning APL and matrix
inverses.  The first concerns Ken's doctoral thesis work, for which he
solved some matrices for Leontief's input-output analysis.  I've forgotten
the size of the matrices involved; it was something like 50 by 50 and was
on the Mark IV.  Ken must have been an ace programmer.  The Mark IV had a
200 word memory (?).

The second anecdote is this:
http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#Hilbert_matrix .



On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote:

> Wow! Is a response I've made several times about this new version of j.
> Marvelous that such a powerful application is so compact.
>
> Since  I couldn't resist, one of the first expressions I entered on my
> iPhone 4 (not the faster 4s) was -
>
>   6!:2 '%. 500 500 ?@$ 1000'
> 18.2
>
> Amazing!
>
> The graphs on the iPhone retina are beautiful. I need strong glasses to
> hold it close enough to appreciate them and then the small font is OK too.
> My iPad is a 2 and now I wish for the retina display there too (not to
> mention the faster processor) - the inverse runs in 4.57 seconds on the
> iPad 2, also amazing.
>
> - joey    iPa...
>
> On May 11, 2012, at 8:27, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > First impressions - wow!
> >
> > I ran through the install process on plain old 3g connections - no
> problems.
> >
> > The app comes up . I was able to step through the initial demos without
> > problems. The standard J graphics
> > look great on the iPhone 4.
> >
> > Is there anyway to change the size of the default session font?  The
> > current size is bit tiny for my old fart eyes.
> >
> > --
> > John D. Baker
> > [email protected]
> >
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