[plt-scheme] Using PLT Scheme libs elsewhere?

On May 17, 2007, at 10:22 PM, SpinyNorman wrote:

> I have a little program, written in Java, that bites off a chunk of a
> file (of a cmdline-specified size), does an md5 on it, prints the
> result, and repeats while there is more file.  This program is 105
> lines long, largely due to the non-optional exception handling hoohah.
>
> I also have a 9-line Scheme function which does almost exactly the
> same thing.  But it runs about 10-20 times slower.

Are you willing to share so we can take a look?

> It is claimed that Petite Chez Scheme would speed this up quite a bit.

If it speeds it up by 20x, I would be extremely surprised.

> 1. Is it frowned on to use MzScheme libraries in other environments?
> Are there syntactic differences that make it infeasible to do so?

No problem.

> 2. If the answer to that is something other than a call for my
> immediate immolation, what kind of difficulty would be anticipated in
> adapting md5.ss to the Petite environment?


1. Make sure your program is well designed. The 20x sounds like
an algorithmic problem. (Example: use (= (length l) 0) for null?
checks.)

2. Find the hotspot. Work on it.

-- Matthias





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