From: andrew x swan <archiver at db.geocrawler.com> > python took this long: > > 362.25user 0.74system 6:09.78elapsed 98%CPU > > and fortran took this long: > > 2.68user 1.12system 0:03.89elapsed 97%CPU > > is this because the element by element > calculations involved are contained in python for > loops? yes. --david ascher