Hi GordonBGood and welcome to Rosetta code :-)
I wonder if you would consider putting your longer comments on efficiency in a new section of the tasks comments page? You could then refer to your argument succinctly from the task page as you add your code. The RC task pages are normally kept discussion-light, (and a few pages have more interesting discussion pages, such as algorithms and performance on Talk:Knight's tour for example). --Paddy3118 (talk) 05:42, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Sorry, I had only read a few discussions and was modelling my comments on others I saw on the pages to which I contributed. I won't go back and change my contributions except for the last, but I will do as you suggest for any new longer comments.--GordonBGood (talk) 13:22, 23 June 2014 (UTC)