From: Mark Hubbart Date: 2004-06-18T08:24:45+09:00 Subject: Re: the new great computer language shootout On Jun 17, 2004, at 4:03 PM, Eric Hodel wrote: > Eric Hodel (drbrain@segment7.net) wrote: > >> This is because of the use of Numeric#step. The implementation is >> flawed. > > Never mind, I am smoking crack. > > The real problem appears to be iteration in general. surprisingly, using += on line 18 give a 12% speedup on my box. cheers, Mark