Surprise...

[Brian Milby]

The one optimization that would really help in this particular torture test
would be native lists.  Then you go from a hash lookup to an index lookup.
I know it will be faster than array, but not sure where it would switch
over and be faster than item.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

>
> In case I was unclear, I just meant that the engine still can and should
> be optimized! As time and budget allows of course, but certainly doable. I
> doubt it's only the Unicode and nothing else, but either way it doesn't
> rule out future speed gains. Unicode shouldn't need to slow down everything
> from math to non-text loops (and I remember working on some tests to keep
> the text out of these, but haven't tried that with 9 yet) nor would it
> remove all opportunities for innovation and simplification that lead to
> faster execution.
>
> Most code can be improved, that's a safe bet with few exceptions, and
> speed is an improvement that would do LC a lot of good. Not just tiny
> gains; I do think it's possible and desirable for a Unicode LC engine to
> beat LC 6 in most areas. If I'm alone in that desire, well, color me
> surprised! That's my nature. I may be slow at times but I like my code
> fast. I love optimization and there are some pretty interesting methods to
> achieve it. Very optimized scripts on a very optimized engine is a scenario
> very much to my liking. Wouldn't be a bad selling point either. I'll shut
> up now and dive back in my coding hole where I belong. Addon updates and
> client updates in the works. :)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Curry Kenworthy
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