Comments for Vincent Geddes http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes Blogging is Serious Business! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Fibonacci Redux by Speed: Ruby 1.8 vs Ruby 1.9 at RubyShots http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes/2008/07/15/fibonacci-redux/#comment-4 Speed: Ruby 1.8 vs Ruby 1.9 at RubyShots Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:07:33 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes/2008/07/15/fibonacci-redux/#comment-4 [...] and websites to see what was going on that day, I came across GNOME’s Vincent Geddes’ blog. He was amazed of how fast ruby 1.9 was in comparison to ruby 1.8. He created a function to [...] [...] and websites to see what was going on that day, I came across GNOME’s Vincent Geddes’ blog. He was amazed of how fast ruby 1.9 was in comparison to ruby 1.8. He created a function to [...]

]]> Comment on Fibonacci Redux by Snark http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes/2008/07/15/fibonacci-redux/#comment-2 Snark Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:26:38 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes/2008/07/15/fibonacci-redux/#comment-2 I guess changing the algorithm is cheating indeed. After all, doing the things stupidly is what is being benchmarked. I doubt the results say anything about the speed of each language though... I guess changing the algorithm is cheating indeed. After all, doing the things stupidly is what is being benchmarked.

I doubt the results say anything about the speed of each language though…

]]> Comment on Fibonacci Redux by James Henstridge http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes/2008/07/15/fibonacci-redux/#comment-1 James Henstridge Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:09:26 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/vgeddes/2008/07/15/fibonacci-redux/#comment-1 Would using a sane algorithm be counted as cheating for this benchmark? It seems to be doing a lot of unnecessary work. Would using a sane algorithm be counted as cheating for this benchmark? It seems to be doing a lot of unnecessary work.

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