OpenEuphoria

Re: Need a Challenge?

• Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Aug 16, 2001
• 407 views

I knew David could do it!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cuny" <euphoria_coder at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Need a Challenge?


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> Irv Mullins wrote:
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> >Wow. The following pgm runs in about 24 seconds; of course, this is a
> >compiled language.
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> OK, I made a couple of changes to the code.
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> First, I re-ordered the declaration of constants so they match those in
the
> example program. This ensures the comparisons are fair.
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> Next, I added pruning back into the code. It's rather oblique, but it only
> costs 6 lines of code. That brought the runtime down to about 12 seconds.
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> Finally, I commented out the redundant tests (those that the pruning
already
> took care of). That brought the runtime down to less than 6 seconds. Of
> course, my speed is dependant on the processor I used - you'll want to run
> it on your machine for comparison.
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> And this is the interpreted version. I'd tried to compile it, but it
> complains that the Library and Translator both have to be the Complete
> Edition... (mild grumbling, since I should have both installed)
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> -- David Cuny
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