RunRev vs RealBasic (Richard Gaskin)

[Richard Gaskin]

Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Chipp Walters wrote:
> 
>  > Richard Gaskin wrote:
>  >> I've been pondering this new speed enhancement to same-size
>  >> chunk replacements, specifically in regard to image processing.
>  >> Since much of what image processing involves is replacing a
>  >> specific number of bytes, I wonder if any of the folks here
>  >> have made any recent experiments with writing image filters
>  >> in native Transcript.  With the sort of speed Dar reports we
>  >> may find that some types of filters can run acceptably well
>  >> in Transcript alone.
>  >
>  > I did write some compositing and blur/sharpen filters in
>  > transcript some time ago, but I don't know the details of
>  > the 'same-size chunk' replacements. Where can I find more info?
> 
> All I know is what Dar posted here, but it sounded really tasty. 
> Apparently he made a suggestion to Scott Raney about ways to optimize 
> operations in which a string of a given length is used to replace a 
> substring of the same length within a larger chunk.
> 
> In previous versions a very generalized approach was used for all 
> replacement operations, requiring that the data be copied during the 
> replacement, which can be computationally expensive with large chunks.
> 
> Since the data being inserted is the same length as the data being 
> removed the handle size doesn't change, allowing the operation to work 
> in-place, without copying.
> 
> IIRC, Raney reported that the new method should improve speed by roughly 
> 4000 times for those cases.
> 
> Dar - got the details for us?

Found the Bugzilla notes:
<http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=586>

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