Mr. Gann, You mentioned that you were exploring different programming languages...and I ran across this post by the guy who wrote the optimization software I use, and I thought you might find it interesting (just as a general interest piece on the speed of different programming languages). Sorry, I don't have your email address...so I'm posting here. saxon -------------------------------------------------------------------- While a programming language like C/C++ is probably the most widely used, many people assume that C++ is also the fastest. Let's see if this is true? I refer you to the following website: http://dada.perl.it/shootout/index.html The Great Win32 Computer Language Shootout On this web-site 51 different languages are tested across 25 different benchmark tests to identify which language/compiler is truly the fastest. The benchmark tests cover a broad spectrum including Ackermann's function, Array access, count lines/words/chars, echo client server, exception mechanisms, fibonacci numbers, hash access, heapsort, list operations, matrix multiplication, method calls, nested loops, object instanttiation, producer/consumer threads, random number generation, regular expression matching reverse a file, Sieve of Erathostenes, spell checking, statistical moments, string concatenation, sum a column of integers, word frequency count. The results are categorised according to average CPU time used, Memory used and lines of code. Since memory has become so cheap these days, memory and lines of code used is not so important as they used to be during the 1990's and thus we will only look at the results of CPU time that will answer the important question we all want to know, which compiler is really the fastest? Guess what, out of the 51 different compilers tested, the Borland Delphi compiler is the fastest! Yes, it is even faster than all the different C++ compilers. Below is the ranking for the top 5 as well as a few other important languages: Compilers ranked according to lowest average CPU time: 1. Borland Delphi (Pascal) 2. Visual C++ 3. Borland C++ 4. Objective Caml compiler 5. Logiciels/Informatique lcc 11. Java 23. C# 30. Perl 49. VBScript Apart from the above benchmarks, I had my own interesting experience. As a hobby I am writing a chess program (No, it is not yet finished, but I have promised myself to continue one day when I am finished with CASB, if that ever happens.....). Anyway, while I myself had traditionally been a Pascal programmer, I initially wrote my chess program in Pascal. However, while C/C++ is more widely used, I decided to rewrite/translate my whole chess program into C. I was also hoping that I could gain some speed increase since C compilers had always been known for their speed. Great was my dissappointment (after I have gone through all the trouble of converting my program into C) to realize that my original Pascal program, when compiled by the Delphi compiler, still outperformed the C++ version. I tried every trick in the book to make my C program faster but still the Borland Pascal version remained the fastest. In short, what have I learned from all of the above? I learned that when looking for pure speed, then I could not find any compiler that could beat the Borland Delphi compiler in real-time applications where speed was most important. Wouter (of Technovest)
I write in C++ and C#. I'm sticking to these 2 until I'm fully comfortable.... I don't want this a computer thread so I'll end it with a... Thanks, saxon
<b>Warning: Illinois Nanny-state politician is going to lower the quality of life for all of us. (For the children)</b> I could smell this Blagojevich asshole from a mile away. This Big Government power-junkie is doing alot of damage to our home state. He will continue to make Illinois state government bigger...and bigger...and bigger, until we become California with snow. A Libertarian's worst nightmare. Blagojevich signs 'All Kids' health insurance plan Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill Tuesday meant to provide comprehensive health coverage for every uninsured child in Illinois. At a ceremony on Chicago's South Side, the first-term Democrat said the state is "reaching for the stars" with his "All Kids" plan, which goes into effect July 1. "Nothing is more important to us than our children," he said. Blagojevich To Create Office For Immigrant Affairs (Government is not big enough yet. We must expand!) Meth law requires signature to buy cold medicine (Blagoje-Bitch Declares war on allergy sufferers, craving their sudafed 'fix' SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. Blagojevich on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at making it tougher for drug dealers to get ahold of ingredients used to make methamphetamine. The bill, pushed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan, requires stores to keep popular cold medications such as Sudafed behind counters. Buyers have to be at least 18 and sign a log with name, address, time of purchase, and type of product -- a log that will be kept confidential but will be available to police officers. _________ All this in just the past three days! Not to mention the new public smoking ban. Do we really want this nanny-state control freak running our lives?
I already imagine the day when i tell my grandkids about the days when you could walk down the street and smoke a cigarette without getting arrested.
Illinois residents: Think our 3% state income tax rate is more than enough? Too bad. Blagoje-BITCH will inevitably push it north of 5%... at least for those of us with high incomes. For the children, of course.
Car stereo installation: I want to buy a very high end stereo system for my car, including XM & MP3 player. I'm not knowledgeable on the subject, and plan on spending a few grand on this. I generally expect people <b>not</b> to do their job properly, so my question is: Where in the Chicago area can I go to have the correct equipment recommended & purchased, and have the whole thing installed correctly by a professional who knows what he's doing? Tweeter is absolutely out of the question, as I dislike dealing with incompetent morons. Thanx for any help.
From what I understand, ProMusica in Chicago is a great place for very hi end home stereos. I have several friends that have used ABT http://www.abtelectronics.com/ in north burbs and they said they were more than adequate. If ABT is not a possibility, call Pro Musica and they surely have a contact. nitro