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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: else ladders practice
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:29:55 -0800
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 25/11/2024 18:49, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>> It's funny how nobody seems to care about the speed of compilers
>>> (which can vary by 100:1), but for the generated programs, the 2:1
>>> speedup you might get by optimising it is vital!
>>
>> I think most people would rather take this path (these times
>> are actual measured times of a recently written program):
>>
>>      compile time:       1 second
>>      program run time:   ~7 hours
>>
>> than this path (extrapolated using the ratios mentioned above):
>>
>>      compile time:       0.01 second
>>      program run time:   ~14 hours
>
> I'm trying to think of some computationally intensive app that would
> run non-stop for several hours without interaction.

The conclusion is the same whether the program run time
is 7 hours, 7 minutes, or 7 seconds.