Is a better algorithm overall that can be accelerated if needs be through gpu more desirable?
Sent from my iPod On 10 May 2013, at 06:46, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> . >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
