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> tic();
> d=readm("d.dat");
> toc()
21.9
> tic();
> N=readm("N.dat");
> toc()
28.8
> tic();
> x = solve(N,d,"S");
> toc()
34.8
>
And right, if you do toc(); you don't get the output. Which isn't wasn't what I expected.
Xeon 2.93 Ghz cluster. But this code may not be doing any multithreading.