Mathematica 7 compares to other languages

[Thomas M. Hermann]

On Dec 3, 5:26 pm, Xah Lee <xah... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed. My paypal address is “xah @@@ xahlee.org”. (replace the triple
> @ to single one.) Once you paid thru paypal, you can post receit here
> if you want to, or i'll surely acknowledge it here.
>
> Here's what i will do:
>
> I will give a version of Mathematica code that has the same behavior
> as his. And i will give timing result. The code will run in
> Mathematica version 4. (sorry, but that's what i have) As i
> understand, Jon is running Mathematica 6. However, i don't see
> anything that'd require Mathematica 6. If my code is not faster or in
> other ways not satisfactory (by your judgement), or it turns out
> Mathematica 6 is necessary, or any problem that might occure, i offer
> money back guarantee.
>
>   Xah
> ∑http://xahlee.org/
>
> ☄
>

Alright, I've sent $20. The only reason I would request a refund is if
you don't do anything. As long as you improve the code as you've
described and post the results, I'll be satisfied. If the improvements
you've described don't result in better performance, that's OK.

Good luck,

Tom