Re^5: Fast - Compact That String

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in thread Fast - Compact That String

tobyink,
I am confused by that statement. After eliminating the subroutine overhead (inlining everything), I can encode and decode 1 million strings in under 3 seconds. When I read that yours was taking 28 seconds I didn't even bother to check it. Can you please provide your benchmark code?

Cheers - L~R

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Re^6: Fast - Compact That String by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 12, 2012 at 22:07 UTC
The code I checked was the version posted, which did not inline subs. Obviously, inlining subs will speed up all the versions. My version averages about 27 seconds for a million strings on my computer which is a fairly low-powered netbook, several years old. Versus Re^3: Fast - Compact That String which averaged about 30 seconds for a million strings, on the same computer. Scripts I tested, including input data are available at http://buzzword.org.uk/2012/faster/.	[reply]
Re^7: Fast - Compact That String by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Feb 13, 2012 at 18:25 UTC
tobyink, Thanks. Typically when you Benchmark things, you eliminate un-necessary IO once you prove each method is producing correct results. Also, using wall clock time is fine but since any given run can vary wildly, Benchmark is a more accurate method. I doubt I will have any cycles to set this up as describe above on my machine soon but if I do, I will post the results. Thanks again. Cheers - L~R	[reply]

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