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Re: Dramatic slowdown -ping Rob

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Nov 13, 2004
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Pete Lomax wrote:

> I've narrowed down the unexpected performance hit I mentioned earlier
> today (Re: Contest Update (12-Nov-2004))
>
> If INNER is 27, this completes in 0.27 seconds. If it is 28, it takes
> 3.19 seconds, over tenfold performance drop. Why?
>
> Does anyone else get these results? You may need to massage the
> figures a little to account for memory/cpu differences.

<snip>

I tested INNER in the range from 10 to 40. The following was the only
suspect effect that I saw here (Pentium II, 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM,
Windows 98, Eu 2.4).
Using the 'ex.exe' interpreter (in a DOS box):
- INNER = 27: 1.10
- INNER = 28: 1.70

The other steps in the tested range result in smaller time differences.
I didn't get such an effect at all when using the 'exw.exe' interpreter,
and I wasn't able to produce a dramatic effect such as yours.

Regards,
   Juergen