Re: Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-12 Thread CraigDillabaugh via Digitalmars-d
in a competition like this? The guts will have to be done in assembly or Intel intrinsics... Why do you say that. Seems like picking the correct data structure/algorithms would be of more importance than the programming language. I don't see why this couldn't be made 'fast&#

Re: Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-11 Thread via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 12 January 2015 at 03:35:32 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh wrote: On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 13:10:12 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 13:01:36 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Could D compete in a competition like this? The guts will have to be done in assembly

Re: Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-11 Thread Craig Dillabaugh via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 13:10:12 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 13:01:36 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Could D compete in a competition like this? The guts will have to be done in assembly or Intel intrinsics... Why do you say that. Seems like picking the

Re: Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-11 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 12/01/2015 2:01 a.m., Gary Willoughby wrote: Could D compete in a competition like this? "In a nutshell: We give you a bunch of ranked 2D points, then ask you to find the most important ones inside some randomly generated rectangles. Easy, right? Now make it fast, and you could ge

Re: Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-11 Thread via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 13:01:36 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Could D compete in a competition like this? The guts will have to be done in assembly or Intel intrinsics...

Re: Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-11 Thread ponce via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 13:01:36 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Could D compete in a competition like this? "In a nutshell: We give you a bunch of ranked 2D points, then ask you to find the most important ones inside some randomly generated rectangles. Easy, right? Now make it fast

Could D compete in a competition like this?

2015-01-11 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
Could D compete in a competition like this? "In a nutshell: We give you a bunch of ranked 2D points, then ask you to find the most important ones inside some randomly generated rectangles. Easy, right? Now make it fast, and you could get $5K!" http://churchillnavigation.com/chall