my solution :) its faster (at least on chicken 3.3.something). timing on this box put this at just under 8s.
-elf --- (use extras) (print "filling ...") (define a (alist->hash-table (let loop ((i 0)) (if (fx= 250000 i) '() (cons (cons (random 500000) (random 500000)) (loop (fx+ 1 i))))) =)) (print "reading ...") (define hits (let loop ((i 0) (r 0)) (if (fx= i 10000) r (if (fx= (random 500000) (hash-table-ref/default a (random 500000) -1)) (loop (fx+ 1 i) (fx+ 1 r)) (loop (fx+ 1 i) r))))) (print "done.") _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users