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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Memory allocation nano-benchmark.
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:17:59 +0100
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Hi,

stupid question, do you use the "-unsafe" option of ocamlopt. It is better
for arrays...

Regards,
Frédéric Gava
> The code using ordinary arrays runs in 2.8 seconds,
> using bigarray 0.7 seconds. 4 x 0.7 = 2.8.
>
> bigarray is 4 times faster to write than three level
> ordinary array.