From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-08-03T10:42:11+09:00
Subject: Re: For performance, write it in OCaml

William James wrote:
> Here's an OCaml version that runs in about 1.5 seconds when
> output is redirected to a file on my faster computer (3.2 GHz).
> It uses the same algorithm as the C program.
> The C version takes 1.961 seconds when writing to /dev/null on
> the o.p.'s computer.  Since this is my first OCaml program, I'm
> certain an expert could improve it.
>   
>
> An expert did suggest replacing a couple of lists with arrays.
> This should be a bit faster.
>   
*This* expert suggests comparing performance between the C version and 
the Ocaml version on the *same* machine! :)