I want to use PBCC to develop a simulation model that does a lot of calculations. Each run uses maybe 5 million calculations and then I change the conditions and do the next run and so on. The program reads in about 1.7 megs of data for each run.
I and finally mowing away from DOS PB3.2 to PBCC. It has taken me a long time to develp the program and the change over is something I have put off for a decade. I want to crunch the numbers and read in the data as fast as possible so I can keep the processing time down (as well as enjoying the challenge of speed). My impression of most Windows programs is they are slow to crunch numbers as there is so much else happening in the background there is little CPU time left for me. Is is possible that a DOS system is still faster?
Before I get started can anyone make some low level suggestions on how to structure the set-up for maximum speed. No problem to use a dedicated PC but I think the program structure will be more important than the PC clock speed??
Thanks
I and finally mowing away from DOS PB3.2 to PBCC. It has taken me a long time to develp the program and the change over is something I have put off for a decade. I want to crunch the numbers and read in the data as fast as possible so I can keep the processing time down (as well as enjoying the challenge of speed). My impression of most Windows programs is they are slow to crunch numbers as there is so much else happening in the background there is little CPU time left for me. Is is possible that a DOS system is still faster?
Before I get started can anyone make some low level suggestions on how to structure the set-up for maximum speed. No problem to use a dedicated PC but I think the program structure will be more important than the PC clock speed??
Thanks
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