[ANN]SoCal LiveCode Meeting, Sept 3

[Richard Gaskin]

Peter Haworth wrote:
> Can't make it to Pasadena but I'd love to see the speed improvement code if
> possible.

Clarence's code may not prove a useful case for optimizing others given 
the unusual constraints he needs to work within.

But if optimization techniques are your thing, this is perhaps the best 
thread on optimization I've seen in our community yet:
<http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24945>

It's five pages long, and better reading that many novels.  Take your 
time, it's an enjoyable thread, a story of an algo that originally took 
9 minutes getting pared down shorter and shorter on each page from 
various members of the community until eventually it's completed in just 
a few milliseconds.

I'll go ahead and spoil the ending because it's somewhat predictable: 
Dick Kreisel's contribution was the fastest.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
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