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Re: Opinions about the "Oneliners"

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• Subject: [mg40671] Re: Opinions about the "Oneliners"
• From: Paul McHale <NewsGroups at double*NOSPAM*esolutions.com>
• Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 03:13:51 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:42:44 +0000 (UTC), Dr Bob
<majort at cox-internet.com> wrote:


>Do, While, and For are often the least efficient (slowest) way to do things 
>in terms of execution time.  We see this time after time in our function 
>wars.



Isn't this just because Mathematica was optimized for functional
programming.  Couldn't it be optimized for procedural as well (like
every C compiler) ?

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  • Re: Opinions about the "Oneliners"
    • From: nafod40 <may106@SPAMAWAY.psu.edu>
  • Re: Re: Opinions about the "Oneliners"
    • From: David Terr <dterr@wolfram.com>