POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Q: Advanced : Re: Q: Advanced Server Time
30 Jul 2024 20:21:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Q: Advanced  
From: Matt Giuer
Date: 26 Apr 1999 00:10:18
Message: <3723D92A.E7426A24@ij.net>
> THe #declare _should_ parse faster, since there is no need to jump in the file.
> I won't stand for it, and if you ask me, i wasn't sending this message :-)

> I think there is a memory-difference as well, esp. when using several objects
> with the same density(in this case)

	Speaking as one who has advanced beyond the BS of compiler
salesmen ... :) 

	Whatever it is optimized for is what it is fastest at. Rule one,
optimize for the benchmark tests. 

	That is why the benchmark tests are so diverse.


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