Re: Slowup in 2.1.54

[Daniel J Sebald]

Paul Kienzle wrote:

> Similarly, fft is used all over the place, so speedups here
> affect much more than just the fft.
>
> Fast random number generators are important in many
> contexts, but maybe not so much in a scripted environment.
> With a little massaging, though, we can have something
> state of the art useful outside of octave.


I would argue that fast (and good) random number generation is just as 
important with Octave.  Simulations of unlikely events (say 
communications scenarios) can require a number of trials that translates 
to hours of processor time.  There are some speed-up methods for linear 
systems, but nonlinear systems are another story.

Dan