Category Archives: Code
Microbenchmark on Java and C Matrix Multiplication
My Java bug entry on faster numerics has been summarily closed as unreproducible. There is a short evaluation showing Java to be faster that C at matrix multiplication, but the comparison misses the mark because: The C code (not shown) … Continue reading
Prime Benchmarks Updated
After getting a new MacBook Pro and installing Boot Camp on it so I could boot into Windows or Mac OS X, I’ve rerun some of my prime number mini-benchmarks. I only ran the tests in C++ and latest Java … Continue reading
Java 7 Wish List Item: Static Analysis Optimizations
Shortly after Java 6 came out last year, there were a number of Java 7 wish lists floating around (example). Most wishes are for syntax improvements. I don’t use Java as much as I used to, and I only have … Continue reading
First Place at Project Euler
Project Euler hosts a growing collection of math programming problems that I started participating in earlier this year while it was on the mathschallenge.net web site. Typically, you have to write a program to solve a math problem and then … Continue reading
Google Code Jam 2006
I competed in the Google Code Jam this week, but failed to make it through the qualification round. It looks like there were five divisions containing about 1000 competitors each and 200 from each division qualifying for the next round. … Continue reading
Sudokit Available
I’ve finally gotten the Sudokit code together enough to make it available. You can download the zipped source and an executable jar file. The app and the code are both still ugly, but I’ve added a text entry field to … Continue reading
No Fluff Just Stuff in RTP
I attended the RTP No Fluff Just Stuff conference over the week-end. It was mostly focused on Java and web development, which is not my realm these days, but it gave me a chance to learn new things, and there … Continue reading