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- From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
- Newsgroups: comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Does "400% faster" make sense? (Was: Re: finding 1st one in integer)
- Message-ID: <p3hmbna.pdh@netcom.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 18:38:26 GMT
- References: <LOWRY.92Jul22154231@rotor.watson.ibm.com> <1992Jul22.172337@is.morgan.com> <PINKAS.92Jul23100825@caraway.intel.com> <1992Jul24.075917.26367@sq.sq.com>
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- msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:
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- > You take 25% as much time as me. (Or one-quarter)
- > You take 75% less time than I do. (Or three-quarters)
- > I take 400% as much time as you. (Or four times)
- > I take 300% more time than you. (Or three times)
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- This all depends on the wording.
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- If I am "100%" as fast as you, I am just the same speed as you.
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- If I am "100%" faster than you, I am twice the speed.
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- This involves SEMANTICS about whether or not the original quantity is
- included or not.
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- Consider the statement:
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- I made the program run 100% faster.
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- So instead of figuring out 4000 calculations per second on a problem,
- I've added to that 100% * 4000 = 4000 more. It is now 8000, which is
- simply twice as much speed.
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- 1 time = 100% as fast / as much = 0% faster / more
- 2 times = 200% as fast / as much = 100% faster / more
- 3 times = 300% as fast / as much = 200% faster / more
- and so on.
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