1. RE: Repeat efficiency

> >
> > e = time()     m = 4 * 768 * 1024
> > z = allocate(m)
> > mem_set(z, m, 0)

The 2nd & 3rd terms of mem_set look inverted here.

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2. RE: Repeat efficiency

Derek Parnell wrote:
> You're correct. Not very intuitive for me. I had in mind that I was 
> setting
> a block of memory to a value so I thought in terms of a block (Addr :
> Length) then the value.
> 
> It should have been...
> 
>  size = 4 * 768 * 1024
>  addr = allocate(size)
>  mem_set(addr, 0, size)
> 
> 

I think it was intuitive of you -- I think the required order of terms 
is counter-inituitive.  The only reason I noticed is because I always 
screw that one up.  Just seems more natural the other way...

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