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Moldz · Apr 25th, 2005, 9:22 AM

Why not profile the programs? Check out the profile module, it should give you plenty of info on how to measure the programs.

Berto · Apr 25th, 2005, 11:14 AM

yeah but the program is being run on the same machine so speed of processor is irrelevant if doing in copntrolled enviroment.

Ooble · Apr 25th, 2005, 11:52 AM

The number of instructions would be calculated like this (I think):

variable = function("Something" + str(num))
         ^    ^                 ^  ^
         |    |                 |  |

I count four instructions here - assignment to a variable, two function calls, and string concatenation.

Berto · Apr 25th, 2005, 12:02 PM

ah but how many instructions does the function calls take?

Ooble · Apr 25th, 2005, 12:21 PM

I was just thinking that myself, actually. Shall we just say "who cares"?

Berto · Apr 26th, 2005, 3:48 AM

yeah but the problem with that is someone could write a custom function that takes less instructions then a library one but we cant tell :/

Ooble · Apr 26th, 2005, 2:04 PM

True... how about "functions don't count"?

hydroxide · Apr 26th, 2005, 8:46 PM

Why not just number of non-whitespace characters?

x ="""
code goes here
"""
print len([c for c in x if not c.isspace()]) # the lower the better.

--OH.

Ooble · Apr 27th, 2005, 1:51 PM

That could work too, but you'd end up with stupidly-named variables. Apart from that, it's not bad.

Apr 25th, 2005, 11:52 AM	#23
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	The number of instructions would be calculated like this (I think): (Toggle Plain Text) variable = function("Something" + str(num)) ^ ^ ^ ^ \| \| \| \| variable = function("Something" + str(num)) ^ ^ ^ ^ \| \| \| \| I count four instructions here - assignment to a variable, two function calls, and string concatenation. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Apr 25th, 2005, 12:21 PM	#25
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	I was just thinking that myself, actually. Shall we just say "who cares"? __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Apr 26th, 2005, 2:04 PM	#27
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	True... how about "functions don't count"? __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Apr 26th, 2005, 8:46 PM	#28
hydroxide Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 4	Why not just number of non-whitespace characters? (Toggle Plain Text) x =""" code goes here """ print len([c for c in x if not c.isspace()]) # the lower the better. x =""" code goes here """ print len([c for c in x if not c.isspace()]) # the lower the better. --OH. Last edited by hydroxide; Apr 26th, 2005 at 8:51 PM.

Apr 27th, 2005, 1:51 PM	#29
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	That could work too, but you'd end up with stupidly-named variables. Apart from that, it's not bad. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Apr 25th, 2005, 9:22 AM	#21
Moldz Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 54 Rep Power: 4	Why not profile the programs? Check out the profile module, it should give you plenty of info on how to measure the programs.

Apr 25th, 2005, 11:14 AM	#22
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	yeah but the program is being run on the same machine so speed of processor is irrelevant if doing in copntrolled enviroment.

Apr 25th, 2005, 12:02 PM	#24
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	ah but how many instructions does the function calls take?

Apr 26th, 2005, 3:48 AM	#26
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	yeah but the problem with that is someone could write a custom function that takes less instructions then a library one but we cant tell :/

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