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Re: FastCat 'performance'

Date	2013-02-27 18:52 -0500
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: FastCat 'performance'
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On 2/27/2013 3:38 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> Sorry Roedy, I'm not going to switch to FastCat any time soon.  It's not
> a bad idea for a specialized use-case, but as a general use-case not as
> good.

It is very rarely a good idea to replace well tested builtin solutions
with some hacked code that is supposedly faster. Often it is not faster
at all. And if it is then it is often only for special cases. And if
it is more than that there are  often problems with correctness.

It can be good fun for students to play around with. But I think the
keyword here is "play".

26 years ago I spent an awful lot of time trying to optimize
Sieve of E in VAX assembler.

Arne

Thread

simple StringBuilder proposal Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-26 03:53 -0800
  Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-02-26 15:15 +0000
    Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-27 10:25 -0800
    Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-27 10:30 -0800
      Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-02-28 08:30 +0000
        Re: simple StringBuilder proposal markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-28 07:54 -0800
  Re: simple StringBuilder proposal markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-26 08:31 -0800
    Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-26 10:33 -0800
      Re: simple StringBuilder proposal markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-26 10:47 -0800
        Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2013-02-26 13:29 -0600
          Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2013-02-26 12:08 -0800
        Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-26 13:32 -0800
          Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-27 10:33 -0800
        Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-26 22:53 +0100
          Re: simple StringBuilder proposal markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-26 15:54 -0800
            Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-01 07:35 +0100
      Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-27 10:31 -0800
        Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 05:14 +0100
  Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-02-26 09:41 -0800
  Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-02-26 20:21 +0100
    Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-02-26 23:07 +0100
      Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-02-27 00:09 +0100
        Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-02-26 15:19 -0800
          Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-02-27 09:34 -0700
            Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-02-27 19:18 +0100
              Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-27 19:56 -0500
                Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-02-28 10:19 +0100
                Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-28 08:16 -0500
                Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-02-28 16:40 -0700
                Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-28 18:51 -0500
            Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-27 20:01 -0500
  Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-02-26 22:03 +0100
    Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-02-26 22:04 +0100
  Re: simple StringBuilder proposal Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 03:47 +0100
    FastCat 'performance' (was: simple StringBuilder proposal) Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-02-27 18:16 +0100
      Re: FastCat 'performance' markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-27 09:58 -0800
        Re: FastCat 'performance' Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-02-27 19:31 +0100
          Re: FastCat 'performance' Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-02-27 20:00 +0100
            Re: FastCat 'performance' Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-02-27 20:41 +0100
              Re: FastCat 'performance' Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-02-27 12:38 -0800
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-02-27 21:58 +0100
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-02-27 13:32 -0800
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 13:42 -0800
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 13:44 -0800
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-02-27 22:51 +0100
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 05:19 +0100
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-02-28 13:09 +0100
                Re: FastCat 'performance' markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-27 13:57 -0800
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-02-27 15:23 -0800
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-27 18:52 -0500
                Re: FastCat 'performance' Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 17:26 +0100
      Re: FastCat 'performance' Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 21:00 +0100
      Re: FastCat 'performance' (was: simple StringBuilder proposal) Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2013-03-27 10:17 +0100

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