Re: [Caml-list] Loop times

[oliver@first.in-berlin.de (Oliver Bandel)]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:01:21PM -0800, Daniel M. Albro wrote:
> 
> 	Sorry, I just meant that the version that puts the
> exception into a variable outside of the loop is a win over
> the one that creates the exception inside the loop.  The
> fastest loop routine overall was the tail recursive loop,
> i.e. the functional/recursive.  However, this latest
> imperative version has timing that's very close -- the
> imperative version that pre-builds the exception takes
> just over 28 seconds, and the tail-recursive version
> takes just under 27 seconds.


Well, I recently found an older article on tail-recursion
and try-with statements: It's from John prevost, from April 24th,
2002.

He said there, that exception handling blocks tail-calls,
and that this means, to avoid try-with around tail-calls.

So, confusion takes over control.....

Ciao,
   Oliver

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