> Oleg, I haven't been watching the Forums closely lately; would you point me 
> to the messages that
> highlighted this behavior (i.e. shift+operate is faster than infix)?

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--- Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Arie:
> >  I do not get your result?
> 
> Put this down to "the vaguaries of benchmarking".  The difference is not 
> significant in either
> case.
> 
> OTOH, I just did different test:
> 
>          ts =: 6!:2 , 7!:2@:]
>           Y =: ?.@:$&2]1e7
>       
>          ts&>'(}. +. }:) Y';'2 +./\ Y'
>       0.0517359 5.03327e7
>        0.227543 3.35559e7
>       
>          0.01 round (%"1<./) ts&>'(}. +. }:) Y';'2 +./\ Y' [ load'misc'
>          1 1.5
>       4.69   1
> 
> This difference *is* significant, and it corroborates Oleg's assertion:
> 
> >  I thought it was shown that old style shift
> >  is more efficient than infix. 
> 
> which surprises me, given the links I cited before.    Roger, can you clarify 
> or elaborate?  
> 
> Oleg, I haven't been watching the Forums closely lately; would you point me 
> to the messages that
> highlighted this behavior (i.e. shift+operate is faster than infix)?
> 
> -Dan
> 
> PS:  This latter benchmark is not relevant to the problem at hand, because of 
> the requirement
> for catentation I indicated earlier.  Neither method is a clear winner in 
> that case (i.e. their
> performance is comparable).
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