Ed O'Connor wrote: >>From what I've read on Carl's blog, rebcode can be used for "special >graphics routines, math operations, unique search methods, and more." >Can anyone describe any examples of common applications/scripts that >are expected to benefit from rebcode? > >It sounds like rebcode could give REBOL a boost for select language >benchmark tests, which is nice. I'm curious to learn if there is any >particular genre/class of scripts that stand to benefit significantly. > >Thanks. > >Ed > > Hi Ed,
some application might be even 30times faster, some only few times faster, some application even don't make sense. The best benefit will imo be rebol interepreter loops replacement in operations like pixel pick/poke - try to change 1024x768 image using rebol loop, you will find it unusable. With Rebcode, it will be much faster, although still many times slower, than if you would do it using C routine. However - rebcode is portable and does not require you to have /Pro license. What is a trouble though a bit, is the fact, that to be fast, rebcode does not do much of checkings to prevent errors, so you can write bad rebcode, which can crash rebol, or at least this is how I understand the situation. Of course some folks don't like that, as we e.g. plan browser-plug-in. I don't see it personally as a problem, but it could be regarded being a security flaw ... but let experts speak here ... -pekr- -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
