> > That is a meaningless comparison. First, you are not comparing loops, you > are comparing matrix inversion. Second, neither Matlab nor Julia will > natively perform a matrix inversion well. They are both going to use an > external library (LAPACK) so what you are testing is the library, not the > language. For example, Matlab almost certainly ships with Intel's MKL (math > kernel libraries) which includes a call for matrix inversion that was > carefully written by Intel employees to run as fast as possible on Intel > CPUs. Julia cannot ship with MKL, but if you care enough it is probably > possible to link to it. > > Daniel. >
Well, then did you just say that if one keeps using matlab in the way it was meant to (matrices operations), there's no way Julia can beat it currently (performancewise)?
