Re: Slot machine


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Re: Slot machine



On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Nathaniel Gibson wrote:


> >PO>Speed decreases such as the one you mention usually indicate the fact that
> >PO>memory is getting low, are you using matrices?
> >Nope.  I have it picking random numbers.
> Are you using loops heavily? That can also cause a large decrease in speed
> after many executions (don't remember why though - Anyone?).


I know that (I think loops) something uses memory while it executes, and if you
use goto to exit that (Loop?) it does not free the memory until you end the
program.


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