Performance of F# code terrible

Question

This is my very first F# programme. I thought I would implement Conway's Game of Life as a first exercise.

Please help me understand why the following code has such terrible performance.

let GetNeighbours (p : int, w : int, h : int) : seq<int> =
    let (f1, f2, f3, f4) = (p > w, p % w <> 1, p % w <> 0, p < w * (h - 1))
    [
    (p - w - 1, f1 && f2);
    (p - w, f1);
    (p - w + 1, f1 && f3);
    (p - 1, f2);
    (p + 1, f3);
    (p + w - 1, f4 && f2);
    (p + w, f4);
    (p + w + 1, f4 && f3)
    ]
    |> List.filter (fun (s, t) -> t)
    |> List.map (fun (s, t) -> s)
    |> Seq.cast

let rec Evolve (B : seq<int>, S : seq<int>, CC : seq<int>, g : int) : unit =
    let w = 10
    let h = 10
    let OutputStr = (sprintf "Generation %d:  %A" g CC) // LINE_MARKER_1
    printfn "%s" OutputStr
    let CCN = CC |> Seq.map (fun s -> (s, GetNeighbours (s, w, h)))
    let Survivors =
        CCN
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> (s, t |> Seq.map (fun u -> (CC |> Seq.exists (fun v -> u = v)))))
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> (s, t |> Seq.filter (fun u -> u)))
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> (s, Seq.length t))
        |> Seq.filter (fun (s, t) -> (S |> Seq.exists (fun u -> t = u)))
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> s)
    let NewBorns =
        CCN
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> t)
        |> Seq.concat
        |> Seq.filter (fun s -> not (CC |> Seq.exists (fun t -> t = s)))
        |> Seq.groupBy (fun s -> s)
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> (s, Seq.length t))
        |> Seq.filter (fun (s, t) -> B |> Seq.exists (fun u -> u = t))
        |> Seq.map (fun (s, t) -> s)
    let NC = Seq.append Survivors NewBorns
    let SWt = new System.Threading.SpinWait ()
    SWt.SpinOnce ()
    if System.Console.KeyAvailable then
        match (System.Console.ReadKey ()).Key with
        | System.ConsoleKey.Q -> ()
        | _ -> Evolve (B, S, NC, (g + 1))
    else 
        Evolve (B, S, NC, (g + 1))

let B = [3]
let S = [2; 3]
let IC = [4; 13; 14]
let g = 0
Evolve (B, S, IC, g)

The first five iterations, i.e. generations 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, happen without a problem. Then, after a brief pause of about 100 milliseconds, generation 5 is completed. But after that, the programme hangs at the line marked "LINE_MARKER_1," as revealed by breakpoints Visual Studio. It never reaches the printfn line.

The strange thing is, already by generation 2, the CC sequence in the function Evolve has already stabilised to the sequence [4; 13; 14; 3] so I see no reason why generation 6 should fail to evolve.

I understand that it is generally considered opprobrious to paste large segments of code and ask for help in debugging, but I don't know how to reduce this to a minimum working example. Any pointers that would help me debug would be gratefully acknowledged.

Thanks in advance for your help.

EDIT

I really believe that anyone wishing to help me may pretty much ignore the GetNeighbours function. I included it only for the sake of completeness.

Answer 1

See comments and all, but this code runs like hell - with both List.* and some other smaller optimisations:

let GetNeighbours p w h =
    let (f1, f2, f3, f4) = p > w, p % w <> 1, p % w <> 0, p < w * (h - 1)
    [
        p - w - 1, f1 && f2
        p - w, f1
        p - w + 1, f1 && f3
        p - 1, f2
        p + 1, f3
        p + w - 1, f4 && f2
        p + w, f4
        p + w + 1, f4 && f3
    ]
    |> List.choose (fun (s, t) -> if t then Some s else None)

let rec Evolve B S CC g =
    let w = 10
    let h = 10
    let OutputStr = sprintf "Generation %d:  %A" g CC // LINE_MARKER_1
    printfn "%s" OutputStr
    let CCN = CC |> List.map (fun s -> s, GetNeighbours s w h)
    let Survivors =
        CCN
        |> List.choose (fun (s, t) ->
            let t =
                t
                |> List.filter (fun u -> CC |> List.exists ((=) u))
                |> List.length
            if S |> List.exists ((=) t) then
                Some s
            else None)
    let NewBorns =
        CCN
        |> List.collect snd
        |> List.filter (not << fun s -> CC |> List.exists ((=) s))
        |> Seq.countBy id
        |> List.ofSeq
        |> List.choose (fun (s, t) ->
            if B |> List.exists ((=) t) then
                Some s
            else None)
    let NC = List.append Survivors NewBorns
    let SWt = new System.Threading.SpinWait()
    SWt.SpinOnce()
    if System.Console.KeyAvailable then
        match (System.Console.ReadKey()).Key with
        | System.ConsoleKey.Q -> ()
        | _ -> Evolve B S NC (g + 1)
    else 
        Evolve B S NC (g + 1)

let B = [3]
let S = [2; 3]
let IC = [4; 13; 14]
let g = 0
Evolve B S IC g