[VA] SRC #012a - Then and Now: Probability

[pier4r]

(10-19-2022 09:56 PM)Albert Chan Wrote:  This despite my Toshiba laptop is supposed to be 10x faster than my 22 years old Dell ... go figures.

semi-OT.

Because emulating a system may be done in a not too efficient way and a lot is lost on the way. For example Saturn code is emulated in the 50g, but if you take the emulation away and you write code with tools that are more optimized for the machine (newRPL for example), the speed difference is impressive.

So yes one could execute things on very powerful systems that are simply wasting a lot due to inefficiencies.

Good to know that the Dos emulator is not that great. Would be interesting if you try compatibility options offered by windows itself or virtual machines via microsoft virtual PC.

Anyway as valentin said, in the big picture execution time is only partially meanigful.