Hello Mark, What is "var" ? René Le 5 déc. 2009 à 00:18, Mark Wieder a écrit :
> Kevin- > > Friday, December 4, 2009, 8:23:16 AM, you wrote: > >>> what about using task/code examples from >>> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/. Revcoders (us, runrev ltd?..) will > >> I think that's a great idea. > > Sorry, Kevin, I think it's a Very Bad Idea. The examples there are > hand-coded in each language to be optimized for speed (that's not the > bad idea part). Having this an open-source project to optimize the > code is a good way to get some reasonable benchmarks out of the way of > any given company's purview. And out of an individual's coding prowess > or lack thereof as well. > > However... if we're looking for a way to show the readability of code, > that's a different matter altogether. There's no way runrev is going > to come out smelling like a rose if we try to code the Mandelbrot > example, just to pick one. Sure, they can all be coded in revTalk, > most of the examples use multiple threads for speed, something we can > only dream of in runrev. And the math routines are someting I wouldn't > attempt without resorting to an external library for speed. > > That said, here's a quick port of the Mandelbrot example from the > Pascal code. On my machine it takes 24 minutes to run. Anyone want to > take a stab at improving it? This is all in a button script: _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution