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Hi Pierre,

(un?)fortunately, I have long since removed TS from my computers, so I have
no way of trying out any EL example for you, nor to improve on yours.

But I am glad you suggest to do some testing; this is in the true spirit of
the scientist who wants to find out the truth, not necessarily be right.
Unfortunately, the test you describe, Pierre, is not sufficient to prove
anything at all, though it may impress the unsuspecting public - epater le
bourgeois, isn't that the phrase?

I am sure you are aware of the difference between repetition and iteration.
Your test just *repeats* the same brief iteration with the same numbers
35000 times. Not much enlightenment is to be expected from such a test, and
you yourself correctly named it "debile". <g>

Let me suggest a different experiment. Calculate a 200-bar EMA over that
35000 bar chart, not using a constant, but real EOD values instead, for
instance from the SPX chart, and then repeat the very same calculation with
the very same data in an arbitrary-precision environment such as Mathematica
or Maple. I think you will be surprised at the results.

Best wishes,

Michael Suesserott