From: jcb@... (MetalOne)
Date: 2002-11-22T06:56:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby is too slow

Thomas Gagn� <tgagne@wide-open-west.com> wrote in message news:<3DDCFB97.1040505@wide-open-west.com>...
> Do I have the Smalltalk version right?
> 
> size := 640*480*2.
> image := ByteArray new: size withAll: 0.
> lookup := ByteArray new: size withAll: 0.
> 
> Time millisecondsToRun: [
> 	1 to: size do: [ :i |
> 		image at: i put: (lookup at: (image at: i ) + 1)
> 	]
> ]
> 
> "159"


I don't know smalltalk, but it looks close enough.
I don't see the reason for the + 1.
The lookup table was actually only 1024 elements, but it doesn't really matter.
What kind of processor did you run the test on.