pyCard_turtleTimes

[Cousin Stanley]

Neil ... 

Thanks for the reply ...

Kevin's suggestion to turn off Auto-Refresh 
for the pyCard turtle samples made a  DRAMATIC  difference
in the plot times  ... 

                                             AR                  AR             NO AR
                                             Neil                Stan           Stan          
    ChaosScript2and3 ......  157  ............. 1306  ........ 18
    hopalong ......................  554  .............   893  ........  46
    madness ......................  482  .............  2771  ........  53

Your results using a 600 MHz processor with a video card
are much better than mine using a 250 MHz processor and
on-board video, which is certainly expected, but not as disturbing
as the  15 minute / 15 second  comparison  mentioned in my original post,
and re-inforce my thoughts that I  STILL  need to go to the 'puter store ... 

I don't consider these applications central to my efficiency,
but perhaps a glimpse into the performance of the PythonCard samples
and Python itself and am quite relieved that turning off the Auto-Refresh
option made a  HUGE  difference ... 

Cousin Stanley