Am Mittwoch 29 Juli 2009 03:32:20 schrieb Fernan Bolando:
What is everybodies expereience in speed difference between C and interpreted haskell?
That depends on what you do, unsurprisingly. But usually it's huge. A factor of several hundred is not uncommon, but 10-100 is the normal range (in my limited experience, I almost always compile).
I am hoping to achieve at least 10x an equivalent C code.
Then you should definitely *not* run interpreted code, but compile it. With compiled code, I usually have a factor of less than 10, mostly 2-4, sometimes even better. But some things take longer in Haskell.
So if a 10x10 matrix takes 1 second for C I want it to take 10seconds for hugs.
Execution speed is not one of hugs' strongest points, so I'd be surprised. I recommend you get a GHC.
regards fernan
Cheers, Daniel