Scripting competition results

[Jerry J]

On May 12, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:

> Jerry-
>
> Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 5:31:30 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Now, to figure out why Brian's Fib code is faster - our algorithms
>> were nearly identical and both are pretty tight code. Without, of
>> course, my silly field-stuffing.
>
> It isn't, actually. I put lock/unlock screen commands around your code
> before timing it, so most of the field update went by unnoticed. But
> enough of it still added up to make your algorithm come in at about 55
> milliseconds and Brian's at about 35. If you pull the field update out
> of yours completely and then just return the value it's actually about
> the same total time.

Ah, its another reminder to not mess with fields *at all* unless  
somebody is watching! Thanks for the test, it saves me the time.  
Today, I learned something (again).
--Jerry