From: Isaac Gouy <igouy@...>
Date: 2006-08-05T08:40:10+09:00
Subject: Re: For performance, write it in C - Part 3, Source code now available


ara.t.how...@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Isaac Gouy wrote:
>
> >
> > ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> >> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Peter Hickman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Perhaps stepping up to a 6 x 6 grid would allow more meaningful timings?
> >>
> >> showing how it performs on a 2, 4, and 8 grid would show how it scaled...
> >>
> >> -a
> >> --
> >> happiness is not something ready-made.  it comes from your own actions.
> >> - h.h. the 14th dali lama
> >
> > It scales badly
> >
> >        0.496s gcc 5x5 (without print statements)
> > 30055.098s gcc 6x6 (without print statements)
> >
> > imo If Peter has figured out what he's trying to do then it would be
> > smart to find a better way of doing it rather than scrabbling for small
> > percentage improvements.
>
> indeed - that's my point exactly.

At last, something we can agree about - that makes all this silliness
worthwhile :-)

>
> with that kind scaling a better ruby version could kill the c one!
>
> -a
> --
> happiness is not something ready-made.  it comes from your own actions.
> - h.h. the 14th dali lama