(argh, press ctrl+enter [send]) Hi All, I've converted the index listing "page" of a thread feedback system to try and compare PHP and Carrot. It all work more or less successfully, but it is a full 5 times slower than PHP. The code hasn't been optimized as such, mainly using pass by reference where ever possible. Otherwise it's a direct line for line conversion. eg (elapsed time in milliseconds) PHP: <font face="Arial"><a name="1135" href="showPostings.php?first=1135&last=1135&discussionname=CSE3400&article_numbers=100&article_sort_type=desc&article_count_type=articles&article_start=0&type=threaded">Re: Copy constructor, Assignment operator, Destructor</a> - (Karen)(2002-04-24 11:24:43.192384+10)</font></td></tr> Elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(8): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(7): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(6): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(5): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(4): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(3): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(2): elapsed time: 0 makeThreadedIndex(1): elapsed time: 0 Carrot: <font face="Arial"><a name="1135" href="showPostings.php?first=1135&last=1135&discussionname=CSE3400&article_numbers=100&article_sort_type=desc&article_count_type=articles&article_start=0&type=threaded">Re: Copy constructor, Assignment operator, Destructor</a> - (Karen)(2002-04-24 11:24:43.192384+10)</font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><table><tr><td><font face="Arial"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr> makeIndexEntry elapsed: 8 makeThreadedIndex(8): elapsed time: 4 makeThreadedIndex(7): elapsed time: 27 makeThreadedIndex(6): elapsed time: 49 makeThreadedIndex(5): elapsed time: 72 makeThreadedIndex(4): elapsed time: 96 makeThreadedIndex(3): elapsed time: 119 makeThreadedIndex(2): elapsed time: 142 makeThreadedIndex(1): elapsed time: 202 makeThreadedIndex is a recursive function that crawls the thread tree. The database is a parent <-> child type setup [number = 2, p_number = NULL] --> [number = 5, p_number = 2] ----> [number = 8, p_number = 5] etc I have used pass by reference where ever possible for TStrings (TString &output). Is doing doing stacks of: TString output = "blah blah"; output += Form("some long string with lots of %s", "data"); inheretly slow? Is there a better way to do it? Or could it be the recursion? (Or my code / me ;-) ) Thanks people for all your help. Ashley Cambrell
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