>your tests suggest looping through lists performs slower than other data
>structures. however, what about list functions like ListGetAt()? list
>functions are a large reason why i choose lists over arrays most of the
>time.
And what about indexed arrays? How do they compare to the speed of
stru
> -Original Message-
> > From: Chris Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 1:32 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Another question on performance -- better than lists?
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> >
> > I just ran some tests, and
Mike,
Lists are slower because CF has to process the string character by
character looking for delimiters.
At 10:20 1/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
> > ok... so when it comes to performance, it's better to use
> > strutctures than
> > arrays and both of those are better than lists.
>
>i thought list
Sorry, meant to send this off-list.
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From: Adrian Wright
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 8:42 AM
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Subject: RE: Another question on performance -- better than lists?
Chris,
I don't have any test code/results to share with you
June 01, 2000 10:21 AM
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Subject: RE: Another question on performance -- better than lists?
> ok... so when it comes to performance, it's better to use
> strutctures than
> arrays and both of those are better than lists.
i thought lists were always fastest. is t
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> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 1:32 PM
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> Subject: RE: Another question on performance -- better than lists?
>
>
> I just ran some tests, and was surprised by the results.
>
> Caveats:
>
> 1) These are simple looping tests, a
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Subject: RE: Another question on performance -- better than lists?
> ok... so when it comes to performance, it's better to use
> strutctures than
> arrays and both of those are better than lists.
i thought lists were always fastest. is this not true
> i thought lists were always fastest. is this not true? when did this
happen?
It is my understanding that lists are stored in memory as string values, and
that looping through a list (or direct access of a specific list element)
ultimately results in a character-by-character iteration through th
> ok... so when it comes to performance, it's better to use
> strutctures than
> arrays and both of those are better than lists.
i thought lists were always fastest. is this not true? when did this happen?
mike
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