[Jprogramming] J on Julia benchmark

[Roger Hui]

A relevant quote from Machine Solutions of Linear Differential
Equations<http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/MSLDE.htm> (Ken
Iverson's Ph.D. thesis, 1954), Section 2A4:

The speed of modern computers has reached a point where, for many
applications, the time required to program a problem may be a more
important factor than the actual computing time. Attempts are made,
therefore, to simplify the work of programming in various ways.


And what is the speed of modern computers?  The answer is found in Section
2B:

A machine cycle is 1.2 milliseconds, the time required for a single order.




On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Devon McCormick <devonmcc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I suppose it's not too late to toss in my usual plea to stop playing this
> game -
>
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NYCJUG/2007-04-10#Reframing_the_Efficiency_Discussion
> .
>