leonardo (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} leonardo_m) wrote,@ 2009-08-15 23:25:00 |
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| Entry tags: | benchmark, c, d language, gcc, java, ldc, llvm-gcc, programming |
Updates and links
"Boostbench", a benchmark, in C, Java and D, the zip contains all the code, timings and information:
http://www.fantascienza.net/leonard
Original code by Rene Grothmann:
http://mathsrv.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/hom
With the LDC compiler the performance is poor without Link-Time Optimization plus Interning, I don't know why. (If someone is able to tell me I'll be interested to know.)
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Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles, and then lets walk and live on a beach. They have even a brain made of bottles. Windosaurs, etc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b694exl_
