pre><pre class="codeoutput">Elapsed time is 0.020362 seconds.
Elapsed time is 0.015951 seconds.
Elapsed time is 0.017257 seconds.
</pre><h2>So the winner is ... nobody<a name="11"></a></h2>
         <p>BACKSLASH: mostly simple to use (except remember that Schur complement       formula?).  Fast and accurate ... but slow if
            you want to solve       two linear systems with the same matrix A.
         </p>
         <p>LU, QR, CHOL: fast and accurate.  Awful syntax to use.  Drag out your       linear