[REBOL] Re: RFC: Cross-language benchmark proposal
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 7-Nov-2002 14:38
Hi, Jan,
Interesting stuff, and nice to see it posted, but ...
Jan Skibinski wrote:
> If the transformation below is compliant
> with the contest rules then the 'ack could
> be made faster. We could even handle the
> case of 'ack 3 9.
...
> >> ack' 3 8
> == 2045
> time: 0:00:10.446
>
> Romano's version:
> ----------------
> >> ack 3 8
> == 2045
> 0:00:40.689
>
... AFAIAC *any* solution based on "transformation" of the standard
algorithm would go in the "custom" category.
Besides, (although I don't think Ackermann belongs, partly because I
agree with Carl's comments, and partly for other reasons) what if we
decided to benchmark with
ack [3..5] 8
instead?
-jn-
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