Hi Fons

Fons Adriaensen <fons@linuxaudio.org> hat am 1. März 2014 um 13:27 geschrieben:
> Are you supposed to optimize by
>
> 1. understanding the algorithm and the context in which it is used,
> and eventually modifying it within given limits on performance,
> precision, etc., or
>
> 2. only by changing the way it is coded (which seems to be suggested
> by your message) ?
>

I'm not sure I get the difference here. As I understand, optimization includes (1) choice of suitable algorithm for the problem, (2) smart implementation, i.e. writing code such that the compiler can apply smart optimization (e.g. aliasing) and (3) optimizing for a particular microarchitecure (leveraging instruction level paralellism for a fixed CPU model).

If choosing a error bound + approximation algorithm yields acceptable result, I think that is fine. Is that your point?

> I've got something you work on but it would have to be treated as
> confidential.

We will have to submit code to a university-internal repository and it will run through some software plagiarism system. Would that be a problem?

Thanks,

Jeremia