| castoff |
merlyn: is it true that array itteration is better performance wise than hash itteration? |
| * avar |
would guess that array iter is faster than hash iter |
| merlyn |
what is "hash iter"? |
| merlyn |
with "each()"? |
| castoff |
foreach key… |
| avar |
yeah, or keys |
| merlyn |
I don't see those as comparable |
| merlyn |
when you have a hash, and you need to iterate, you do. |
| merlyn |
when you have an array, and you need to iterate, you do |
| merlyn |
what is there to choose between? |
| castoff |
the hash has no real value stored other than the key so i converted to arrays |
| avar |
merlyn: you can compare the speed of the two operations |
| avar |
well duh |
| merlyn |
Why would you compare the speed of unrelated events? |
| merlyn |
"let's time baking this bread compared to driving to seattle" |
| merlyn |
it's pointless |
| ides |
merlyn: heh, yes, but I think it would make a funny performance comparison article! :) |
| merlyn |
"always optimize for baking bread!" |
| * avar |
eats merlyn |
| ides |
merlyn: I was thinking more along the lines of "Performance comparison on Perl vs RoR vs Ice Fishing" |
| merlyn |
"I repeated baking bread 5000 times to get the average" |
| merlyn |
"It took me six years" |
| ides |
merlyn: too bad there isn't a Benchmark module for my oven… |
| merlyn |
Ovenmark |