About calculator benchmark (8 queens) and fast devices. MS challenge #2

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(12-28-2018 03:46 PM)xerxes Wrote:  Yes, the Prime is one of the fastest for many tasks, but an integer benchmark like n-queens is more focused on the efficiency of the
language itself and not on the mathematical or graphical functions. The HP-200LX with Turbo C for example is faster than the Prime
with n-queens but much slower at mathematical functions.

Yes I can see how C could speed up a slow calc. Im just very surprised that taking into account clock differences, the language efficiency of the G2 is only about 10% of the CG50 running Micropython. My initial thought was the decimal point may have slipped to the left as mistakes can and do sometimes happen! Thanks for the explanation.