Re: Shootout (sum-file)

"Richard Heathfield" <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Razii said:
>
>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 08:28:15 +0000, Richard Heathfield
>> <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>C:    0.003
>>>C++:  0.021
>>>Java: 0.058
>>
>> I haven't tested your C version yet, but these times are too low.
>
> I thought that getting the lowest time was the whole point!
>
> But to put your mind at rest, these times are for the 6KB test file. I
> couldn't be bothered to go looking for the 14MBer.

These timings do look too low to be measured accurately.

You should try the larger file or at least do several iterations to
increase 
the timings to more sensible values.

It's possible C++ and Java have some start-up delays in which case you 
cannot compare /runtimes/ reliably.

-- 
Bartc