[REBOL] Re: Finding a value in a series?
From: gjones05:mail:orion at: 23-May-2001 5:19
From: "Joel Neely"
> GS Jones wrote:
> >
> > If you still have the test set-up, will you compare select against
> > find/skip? My own down-n-dirty suggests select is slightly faster
than
> > find/skip. Just curious how your test-jig compares. Thanks!
> >
>
> I already tried it. As I recall, they were within a percent
> or two; given the statistical noise in the samples, that's
> not a significant difference.
>
> -jn-
Thanks, Joel. As a side note, when I hear/read the expression
statistical noise
, I always think footprints of a nonlinear dynamic
being driven toward chaos. Cognitive filters can be sooo distracting.
Thanks again.
--Scott Jones
