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[REBOL] Re: newlines

From: lmecir:mbox:vol:cz at: 13-Nov-2001 18:18

Hi Joel, Volker & all, I would like to comment the speed of the INS1 algorithm: << out: clear "" parse/all s [ any [ start: thru "..." end1: any "." ( insert/part tail out start back end1 ) ] ] insert tail out start out
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The way the algorithm is designed gives it an unfair advantage when it is timed in a loop where it is executed more than once. To receive a fair value for one pass, we would have to modify the first line as follows: out: copy "" Then the algorithm would be slower than its preallocated variant, which is: out: make string! length? s Even the preallocated variant is slower than the "artificial" variant used if the speed is measured executing the code in a loop as described. That is why I think, that the results for this algorithm are "less valid" than the results of other algorithms in this arrangement. Cheers Ladislav