that's pretty close to the code I did but my results were way different than yours - what version of perl are you using? On my eMac (G4 800Mhz 512M), the results are more like 4:2:1 and even those numbers are bogus. Utilizing the unix time function for better granularity, I get 4.132:2.474:0.643. And that proves ... absolutely nothing. Except maybe your perl installation is seriously broken or you're cooking the numbers. I've spent way too much time on this troll. I concede that C is faster than perl - Hoo--Feckin--Ray. I concede that Java, in this particular case is faster than perl - another Hoo-Feckin-Ray. I think your missing the well intentioned (and not so well intentioned) messages that a your conclusion is way to broad given your supporting arguments.

I feel way too dirty now (and I think someone called me a coward earlier). Good night.

-derby

In reply to Re: Re: Teach him a lesson with facts by derby
in thread Teach him a lesson with facts by Anonymous Monk

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