compare the executive speed with Matlab

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Fri, 1/2/09, John W. Eaton <jwe at octave.org> wrote:

> From: John W. Eaton <jwe at octave.org>
> Subject: Re: compare the executive speed with Matlab
> To: sergstesh at yahoo.com
> Cc: "Howard" <shj1130 at pchome.com.tw>, "Michael Goffioul" <michael.goffioul at gmail.com>, help at octave.org
> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 10:30 AM
> On  2-Jan-2009, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> 
> | Well, IIRC, if I need to calculate, say, 'sin'
> function for a vector of 
> | ~150000 elements, 'octave' speed is ~5 times
> slower than the one of the 
> | equivalent code in "C".
> 
> How about posting an actual working example so we can see
> exactly what
> it is you are comparing?  Perhaps you are doing something
> stupid, and
> your comparison is not valid.  Or perahaps there is a good
> reason that
> Octave must do extra work compared to the C version.
> 
> jwe

I'd rather prefer to continue acting acting under the assumption I'm doing
something stupid.

Thanks,
  Sergei.