Words and Buttons: performance

Quizzes and demos touching the topic of software performance.

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Challenge your performance intuition with nanosecond sorting

And yet another interactive quiz where you get to estimate the performance difference between several variants of the same code.

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Using logical operators for logical operations is good

This is the follow-up for the former “Challenge your intuition with C++ operators” piece. It shows that despite the occasional gains from a better compilation, using the proper operators is still beneficial in the long run.

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Challenge your performance intuition with C++ operators

Another interactive quiz where you get to estimate the performance difference between several variants of the same code.

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Outperforming everything with anything

A 100 lines of Python code that substitute the compiler front-end for a specific computation. This shows that you don't need a “fast” compiling language to write efficient code. In fact, a compilation is only one of the multiple ways to achieve speed.

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Vastly outperforming LAPACK with C++ metaprogramming

Still not really about LAPACK. It's a second part of “outperforming” series explaining how the C++ metaprogramming can appear useful for efficient code generation.

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Outperforming LAPACK with C metaprogramming

Ok, it's not really about LAPACK. You can consider it a clickbait if you wish. It's about how to tell a compiler to write the code you want with a limited arsenal of tools the C language provides.

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Challenge your performance intuition with C++ magic squares

Interactive quiz where you get to estimate the performance difference between several variants of the same code.

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