http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/ Ask forgiveness, not permission. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Warren Henning Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:21:15 +0000 http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/#comment-113 Off-topic: what's the best way to put together an 8-core machine for tinkering with embarassingly parallel algorithms (optimization heuristics, simulations, etc)? Off-topic: what’s the best way to put together an 8-core machine for tinkering with embarassingly parallel algorithms (optimization heuristics, simulations, etc)?

]]> http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-87 steve Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:50:46 +0000 http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/#comment-87 Yes. On the same 8-core system, the best time I can get with Tim's original Ruby version is 2.22 seconds. Not surprising, since Ruby is generally known to be slower than Python and Perl, but it makes up for it with useful language features that allow for highly functional yet very compact code. A lot of work is going into Ruby at the moment, so I would guess the performance difference will be reduced or eliminated within the next year or so. Yes. On the same 8-core system, the best time I can get with Tim’s original Ruby version is 2.22 seconds. Not surprising, since Ruby is generally known to be slower than Python and Perl, but it makes up for it with useful language features that allow for highly functional yet very compact code. A lot of work is going into Ruby at the moment, so I would guess the performance difference will be reduced or eliminated within the next year or so.

]]> http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-86 mmao Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:59:45 +0000 http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2007/10/07/wide-finder-in-python/#comment-86 Have you tested it with the Ruby version, I heard that Ruby has performance problem, not sure if it's true. Have you tested it with the Ruby version, I heard that Ruby has performance problem, not sure if it’s true.

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