Re: else ladders practice

Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

On 25/11/2024 18:49, Tim Rentsch wrote:
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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It's funny how nobody seems to care about the speed of compilers
(which can vary by 100:1), but for the generated programs, the 2:1
speedup you might get by optimising it is vital!

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I think most people would rather take this path (these times
are actual measured times of a recently written program):
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     compile time:       1 second
     program run time:   ~7 hours
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than this path (extrapolated using the ratios mentioned above):
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     compile time:       0.01 second
     program run time:   ~14 hours

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I'm trying to think of some computationally intensive app that would
run non-stop for several hours without interaction.

The conclusion is the same whether the program run time
is 7 hours, 7 minutes, or 7 seconds.