https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Countdown#J
task'' terms: 4 7 8 9 10 10 target: 300 #solutions: 1213 for example: (10+(9*10))*((4+7)-8) The #solutions line takes approaching 20 seconds. That's not the problem here. The 'for example' line takes several seconds in J903 (and J904). And the expression is echo 'for example: ',;{.a The only thing I can think of is that this time is occupied by garbage collection. FYI, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm