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From: abb2u@netcom.com (Al Bledsoe)
Subject: Re: What language would you use?
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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 23:39:34 GMT
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In article <39hvsu$dus@mathserv.mps.ohio-state.edu>,
 <davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu> wrote:
>In article <39hhjp$lgn@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU>, Tom Christiansen
><tchrist@mox.perl.com> writes: 
> :     1000 iterations of factorial(20) 
> : 
> :     C           0.230u 0.040s 0:00.34 79.4% 0+206k 	x=  1.0
> :     scheme      2.170u 0.130s 0:02.81 81.8% 0+659k 	x=  9.4
> :     perl5       2.800u 0.110s 0:02.95 98.6% 0+616k 	x= 12.2
> :     python      4.710u 0.120s 0:05.18 93.2% 0+504k 	x= 20.5
> :     perl4       9.820u 0.180s 0:10.61 94.2% 0+825k 	x= 42.7
> :     tcl        26.950u 0.080s 0:28.43 95.0% 0+459k 	x=117.17
> :     sh		don't ask :-)
>
>I would like to see the actual code used in each case.  Is it possible to
>post it?  Perhaps you coded Tcl in such a way that it does not exploit some
>features of the language.   For example, `i = i - 1' my be better coded in a
>way that executes faster, e.g, `decrement i'.
>
>Thanks,
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I don't use tcl for math. What is the comparison parsing transactions
(file, socket or RPC fd's) and displaying results in a text widget?
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Al Bledsoe
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