[REBOL] Re: language shoot-out :-)
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 5-Nov-2002 14:39
Hi, Tom,
Just a suggestion...
Tom Conlin wrote:
> Rebol[]
> c: 0
> ack: func [ x[integer!] y[integer!] ][
> print c: c + 1
> either zero? x
> [y + 1]
> [either zero? y
> [ack (x - 1) 1]
[ack x - 1 1]
> [ack (x - 1) ack x (y - 1)]
[ack x - 1 ack a y - 1]
> ]
>
> ]
>
Parens take time. In the above cases, they are not needed for
control of precedence; the function will be faster without them
(about 3% by my QAD tests).
-jn-
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