From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0653BC69 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:03:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from pih-relay05.plus.net (pih-relay05.plus.net [212.159.14.132]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l1A03GTd012256 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:03:16 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1HFfhz-0007Gg-OC for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:03:15 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Multiplication of matrix in C and OCaml Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:56:22 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <45CAF3E2.7020807@univ-paris12.fr> <1171030953.5302.51.camel@rosella.wigram> In-Reply-To: <1171030953.5302.51.camel@rosella.wigram> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702092356.22540.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45CD0BC4.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 associative:01 associative:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 wrote:01 imho:01 caml-list:01 arithmetic:01 benchmark:02 benchmark:02 likely:08 useful:08 actually:10 aren't:11 On Friday 09 February 2007 14:22, skaller wrote: > The right way to benchmark simple > things like matrix operations AND simultaneously validate them > is to evaluate known laws of arithmetic, such as the associative > law, on various samples. They aren't likely to be associative (or commutative). The best way to benchmark (IMHO) is to run programs that actually do something useful. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists