Re: Supercompiled Perl: HP's Dynamo Project

Paris Sinclair wrote:
> So then, I think it is worth asking, can AI in Perl be used to speed up
> this sort of optimization? I would be surprised if the gains are larger
> than the losses. 

Depends.  If you spend a lot of time optimizing a chunk of code
that will only get run once more, then sure, it's a loser.

But imagine adding some overhead to the first couple-three iterations
of a loop which is destined to go a million more times.
Could be a big winner.

-- 
John Porter

Science class should not end in tragedy.