From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2006-11-27T02:40:28+09:00
Subject: Re: find index of first non zeo value in array

On 11/26/06, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>
> This exchange relates to something I've been pondering for a while,
> namely: is there always (or very, very often) an inverse relation
> between elegance of code and efficiency?  I don't mean to sound like
> I'm singling out your example -- on the contrary, it seems that over
> and over we see cases where a nice concise solution bombs out compared
> to one that's longer, possibly less clear (I still can't read the
> enum* stuff as quickly and confidently as I can read the regular
> Enumerable stuff, though that may just be due to stupidity), but
> faster.

Seems to be a general symptom of everything being optimised to run C
code - the C-like solutions win out.

m.