From: Martin Maechler (maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch)
Date: Wed 25 Jul 2001 - 17:16:27 EST
Message-id: <15198.29259.555890.931190@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Well, on Unix (and probably most other platforms), it's several orders of
magnitudes faster, *but* qualitatively similar :
Here are my findings (for a fast Linux on a not really fast graphics card):
## MM: User, System and Total
Ti <- function(expr) system.time(expr)[1:3]
## I just ran into this strange behavior.
N <- 1000 ## originally
N <- 100000# to see some slowness on Unix
y <- rnorm(N)
x <- 0:(N-1)
## Times : For N=1000, Andy Jaworski, see below
Ti(plot(x, y, type='l', lty=1))## instantaneous
Ti(plot(x, y, type='l', lty=2))## 18s plotting lines + 15s plotting axes = 33s
Ti(plot(x, y, type='l', lty=3))## 76s ,, + 75s ,, = 151s
Ti(plot(x, y, type='l', lty=4))## 40s ,, + 38s ,, = 78s
## MM : For N <- 100000, I get (on "lynne", a pretty new PIII)
## User Sys Total
## ---- ---- ----
## 0.32 0.01 0.73
## 0.34 0.01 3.15
## 0.22 0.00 4.97
## 0.32 0.01 4.07
>>>>> "AndyJ" == apjaworski <apjaworski@mmm.com> writes:
AndyJ> I just ran into this strange behavior.
AndyJ> y <- rnorm(1000)
AndyJ> x <- seq(0, length=length(y))
AndyJ> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=1) - instantaneous
AndyJ> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=2) - 18s plotting lines + 15s plotting axes
AndyJ> = 33s
AndyJ> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=3) - 76s ,, + 75s
AndyJ> ,, = 151s
AndyJ> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=4) - 40s ,, + 38s
AndyJ> ,, = 78s
AndyJ> A couple of observations:
AndyJ> (1) The plots for lty>1 seem to be rendered in "one chunk", that is a blank
AndyJ> graphics window appears and stays blank until all the lines appear at once.
AndyJ> Then another long wait for axes.
AndyJ> (2) While waiting for the plot, the computer becomes totally unresponsive.
AndyJ> Typical ctr-alt-del does nothing. Even pushing the power button does
AndyJ> nothing. I originally attempted the lty=2 plot with several hundred
AndyJ> thousand observations. The only way I could get my machine back was to
AndyJ> disconnect the power cord!
AndyJ> My system is as follows:
AndyJ> (1) IBM Intellistation with PIII 1GHz, 512Mb of RDRAM, 20Gb SCSI160 drive,
AndyJ> 64Mb FireGL graphics card
AndyJ> (2) Windows 2000 Pro
AndyJ> (3) R-1.3.0 (original version)
AndyJ> Andy
AndyJ> __________________________________
AndyJ> Andy Jaworski
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AndyJ> St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
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>>>>> "apjaworski" == apjaworski <apjaworski@mmm.com> writes:
apjaworski> I just ran into this strange behavior.
apjaworski> y <- rnorm(1000)
apjaworski> x <- seq(0, length=length(y))
apjaworski> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=1) - instantaneous
apjaworski> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=2) - 18s plotting lines + 15s plotting axes
apjaworski> = 33s
apjaworski> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=3) - 76s ,, + 75s
apjaworski> ,, = 151s
apjaworski> plot(x, y, type='l', lty=4) - 40s ,, + 38s
apjaworski> ,, = 78s
apjaworski> A couple of observations:
apjaworski> (1) The plots for lty>1 seem to be rendered in "one chunk", that is a blank
apjaworski> graphics window appears and stays blank until all the lines appear at once.
apjaworski> Then another long wait for axes.
apjaworski> (2) While waiting for the plot, the computer becomes totally unresponsive.
apjaworski> Typical ctr-alt-del does nothing. Even pushing the power button does
apjaworski> nothing. I originally attempted the lty=2 plot with several hundred
apjaworski> thousand observations. The only way I could get my machine back was to
apjaworski> disconnect the power cord!
apjaworski> My system is as follows:
apjaworski> (1) IBM Intellistation with PIII 1GHz, 512Mb of RDRAM, 20Gb SCSI160 drive,
apjaworski> 64Mb FireGL graphics card
apjaworski> (2) Windows 2000 Pro
apjaworski> (3) R-1.3.0 (original version)
apjaworski> Andy
apjaworski> __________________________________
apjaworski> Andy Jaworski
apjaworski> Engineering Systems Technology Center
apjaworski> 3M Center, 518-1-01
apjaworski> St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
apjaworski> -----
apjaworski> E-mail: apjaworski@mmm.com
apjaworski> Tel: (651) 733-6092
apjaworski> Fax: (651) 736-3122
apjaworski> -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
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