function stla_io_test08 ( input_file_name )

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%
%% stla_io_test08() tests stla_read() and stla_read_fast().
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%  Licensing:
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%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
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%  Modified:
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%    17 February 2007
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%  Author:
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%    John Burkardt
%
  fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, 'stla_io_test08():\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '  Compare two routines with the same functionality.\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '  One is designed to run faster than the other,\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '  especially on large problems with thousands of faces.\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '  stla_read() reads various data from an ASCII STL file.\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '  stla_read_fast() reads data from an ASCII STL file.\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '\n' );

  [ solid_num, node_num, face_num, text_num ] = stla_size_fast ( ...
    input_file_name );

  t1 = clock;

  [ node_xyz, face_node, face_normal ] = stla_read_fast ( ...
    input_file_name, node_num, face_num );

  t2 = clock;

  diff1 = etime ( t2, t1 );

  fprintf ( 1, '  STLA_READ_FAST read the file in %f seconds.\n', diff1 );

  [ solid_num, node_num, face_num, text_num ] = stla_size ( ...
    input_file_name );

  t3 = clock;

  [ node_xyz, face_node, face_normal ] = stla_read ( ...
    input_file_name, node_num, face_num );

  t4 = clock;

  diff2 = etime ( t4, t3 );

  fprintf ( 1, '  STLA_READ      read the file in %f seconds.\n', diff2 );

  stla_size_print ( input_file_name, solid_num, node_num, face_num, ...
    text_num );

  return
end
