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From: boyne@hplvly.HP.COM (Art Boyne)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Value of microeffiency (was: Re: Optimal ...)
Message-ID: <3950009@hplvly.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 88 15:39:04 GMT
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Just to show that algorithms aren't everything, however, a case in point:

About 10 years ago, a project I was tangentially connected with needed to
do a data base sort on a floppy-based microprocessor system.  After
spending a lot of time choosing the algorithm, the guy doing the sort
chose one not very different from that running on the HP 3000 minicomputer.
After tuning the code, the micro/floppy system was able to outperform the
HP 3000 with a hard disk.

Long live optimization!

Art Boyne, ...!hplabs!hplvly!boyne