Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpislx!hplvla!hplvly!boyne 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 References: <3401@rpp386.UUCP> Organization: HP Loveland Inst Div, CO Lines: 11 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