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From: | Daniel J Sebald |
Subject: | Re: Slowup in 2.1.54 |
Date: | Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:58:21 -0600 |
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Paul Kienzle wrote:
Similarly, fft is used all over the place, so speedups here affect much more than just the fft. Fast random number generators are important in many contexts, but maybe not so much in a scripted environment. With a little massaging, though, we can have something state of the art useful outside of octave.
I would argue that fast (and good) random number generation is just as important with Octave. Simulations of unlikely events (say communications scenarios) can require a number of trials that translates to hours of processor time. There are some speed-up methods for linear systems, but nonlinear systems are another story.
Dan
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