Of course, you are right.
Not that smart from me, since this was discussed before.
I'll redo the calculations.


R.E. Boss


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:programming-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Roger Hui
> Verzonden: donderdag 18 oktober 2007 16:40
> Aan: Programming forum
> Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Some consequences of M.
> 
> What you think are first calls may not be, depending on
> the definition of ts.  With the timings you've given
> (e.g.3.327e_5 for 10 combM 20) I strongly suspect
> that space is executed first and the result cached,
> whence when time is executed it just got the result
> from the cache.  See:
> http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2007-October/008255.html
> 
> Unless, of course, you think that this kind of time
> comparison is meaningful.  (I do not.)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.E. Boss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:35
> Subject: [Jprogramming] Some consequences of M.
> To: 'Programming forum' <[email protected]>
> 
> > NB. all calls to memoized(?) verbs are first calls after
> > loading. Subsequent
> > calls are even more efficient.
> >
> > ===================
> > 0. recursion with M. can be faster than a primitive.
> > -------------------
> > facM=:1:`(] * $:@<:)@.*  M.
> >     NB. \system\extras\help\dictionary\d212.htm
> >
> >    5 ts'! 2000x'
> > 0.013499039 179136
> >    ts'facM 2000x'
> > 0.00063421529 8479616
> >    (! -: facM) 2000x
> > 1
> >    '0.2,5.1,6.3' (8!:2) (,~*/)0.013499039 179136 %
> > 0.00063421529 8479616
> > 0.45 21.3 0.021
> >     NB. relative performance, rel. execution time and rel. ex. space.
> >
> > ===================
> > 1. you could have your own special code.
> > -------------------
> > antibsM=: 3 : 0 M.  NB. equivalent to x #.^:_1 i.x^y or (y#x) #: i.x^y
> >  2 antibsM y
> > :
> >  ix=.i.x
> >  if. y=1 do. ,.ix
> >  else. ,/ ix,"1"0 _ x antibsM <:y
> >  end.
> > )
> >
> >    5 ts'3 #.^:_1 y'[y=.i.3^10
> > 0.02847991 4201536
> >    ts'3 antibsM 10'
> > 2.1428313e_5 9812096
> >    (3 #.^:_1 i.3^10) -: 3 antibsM 10
> > 1
> >    '0.0,5.0,5.2' (8!:2) (,~*/)0.02847991 4201536 %
> > 2.1428313e_5 9812096
> > 569 1329 0.43
> >
> >    5 ts'#: y'[y=.i.2^20
> > 0.047805544 33555008
> >    ts'antibsM 20'
> > 2.3639982e_5 1.1639277e8
> >    (#:i.2^20) -: antibsM 20
> > 1
> >    '0,5.0,5.2'(8!:2) (,~*/)0.047805544 33555008 %
> > 2.3639982e_5 1.1639277e8
> > 583 2022 0.29
> >     NB. relative performance, rel. execution time and rel. ex. space.
> >
> > ===================
> > 2. (a lot of) performance records should be reconsidered.
> > -------------------
> >     NB. \system\extras\help\dictionary\dmcapdot.htm
> > combM=: 4 : 0 M.   NB. All size x combinations of i.y
> >  if. (x>:y)+.0=x do. i.(x<:y),x else. (0,.x combM&.<:
> > y),1+x combM y-1 end.
> > )
> >
> >     NB. http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Combinations
> > comb2=: 4 :
> > 0               NB.    All size x  combinations of y
> >  d=. x-~#y
> >  k=. |.(>:d),\y
> >  z=. (d$<i.0 0),<i.1 0
> >  for_j. k  do. z=. j ,.&.> ,&.>/\. z end.
> >  ; z
> > )
> >
> >    5 ts'10 (comb2 i.) 20'
> > 0.047006717 20793088
> >    ts'10 combM  20'
> > 3.3272275e_5 44555136
> >    10 (combM -: (comb2 i.))  20
> > 1
> >    '0,5.0,5.2'(8!:2) (,~*/)0.053603614 20793088 %
> > 3.3272275e_5 44555136
> > 752 1611 0.47
> >     NB. relative performance, rel. execution time and rel. ex. space.
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