i have matlab code i've been working with. there 3 sections, a, b, , c. , c can change, b stays same regardless. what did separate a, b, , c separate .m files (not functions, scripts). creates set of variables, b contains logic, , c contains plotting results. i'll call d file i've done linearly copy/paste entire contents of a, b, , c right after each other. if run a, b, c, iteration within b goes slowly, 15 seconds per iteration. if run d (just b c pasted in) goes fast, 2 seconds per iteration. given matlab running exact same code in exact same order, why 2 have such drastically different execution times? i believe have memory issues. matlab functions input variables pointers, if change data, becomes copy. if a,b,c have large input , output, , each 1 of them modifies small part of data, lot of memory allocations. for example: function main() x = imread('peppers.png'); i=1:size(x,1) j=1:size(x,2) x = changepixel(x,i,j); en...