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  1. Newsgroups: comp.programming
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!s5!is1.is.morgan.com!is.morgan.com!berlin
  3. From: berlin@is.morgan.com (Alexander Berlin)
  4. Subject: Re: finding 1st one in integer
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul22.120735@is.morgan.com>
  6. Sender: news@is.morgan.com
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: chico
  8. Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
  9. References: <Brqu3F.1J4@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <LOWRY.92Jul21165844@rotor.watson.ibm.com> <BrsMBE.98t@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1992Jul22.152827.14267@cs.cornell.edu>
  10. Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:07:35 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Jul22.152827.14267@cs.cornell.edu>, ressler@cs.cornell.edu (Gene Ressler) writes:
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  15. |> ....
  16. |> benchmark code (chris torek?), this runs about 400% faster than the 37 element
  17. |> ....
  18.  
  19. Just a side note: it's impossible to have code that runs 400% faster. Twice
  20. as fast means 50% faster. 100% faster means in NO TIME.
  21. 400% slower makes sense, 400% faster doesn't.
  22. 4 times faster means 75% faster.
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  24. Alex Berlin                     
  25. berlin@is.morgan.com
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