From: Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org>
To: tmp123@menta.net
Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] caml: camlp4 revised syntax
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:40:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070716164031.GA26691@furbychan.cocan.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4699FB8A.2020504@menta.net>
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 12:48:42PM +0200, tmp123@menta.net wrote:
> 1) The internal integer coding:
>
> It seems that an integer of value "x" is internally stored like "2x*1" (
> x shift 1 or 1 ). That is a loss of performance, not only when doing
> calculations, but also, by example, when using the integer as index of a
> string character, ... . Usage of native-int doesn't improves the subject.
The cost is not as great as you think:
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/caml-list/2004/07/e86a25aa6c6a6a7d08dd7eb50cfd5d52.en.html
You also need to take into account the benefit of this representation
in other areas (eg. the GC). Let's see you compare the performance of
real programs before jumping to conclusions.
Rich.
--
Richard Jones
Red Hat
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2007-07-15 10:48 ` tmp123
2007-07-15 11:42 ` unboxed scalars - was [Caml-list] " Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2007-07-15 13:16 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2007-07-15 17:50 ` Christophe Raffalli
2007-07-16 16:40 ` Richard Jones [this message]
2007-07-17 3:08 ` Jon Harrop
2007-07-21 11:31 ` dml tmp123
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