[julia-users] Eigvals slowness

[Sheehan Olver]

Why is eigvals slow (latest build, yes I ran the line several times):

*julia> **A=rand(50,50);@time eigvals(A);*

elapsed time: 0.007041241 seconds (54904 bytes allocated)



In Mathematica it's roughly 10x faster:


In[85]:= A = RandomReal[{-1, 1}, {50, 50}]; A // Eigenvalues // Timing // 
First
Out[86]= 0.000743