I just recently revisited the M-Set code from my Perl Snippets post. The code I had was pretty ugly, so I decided to rewrite it in Python. The result is not only a lot cleaner and easier to understand, but it’s also a lot faster:
$ time python mandel.py > \dev\null
real 0m0.051s
user 0m0.036s
sys 0m0.010s
$ time perl mandel.pl > \dev\null
real 0m3.518s
user 0m3.463s
sys 0m0.029s
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Also tagged command line, math, program, python, script, SoftwareI’ve been getting into a mood lately that makes me fiddle around with fun Perl stuff, but sadly school’s picking up to the point that writing anything up isn’t going to happen. However, I have a couple short scripts that I’m just dying to share.
Just Another Perl Hacker
I figured that it was about time in [...]
So I recently picked up a cheap GPS module on Amazon. It was about $30 with shipping, and I got a neat little dongle which connects over USB to my computer and communicates with software. It didn’t come with support for OS X (although interestingly enough it shipped with Mac OS 8 and 9 drivers), [...]
Also tagged command line, gps, linux, open source, program, SoftwareOne of the things that makes perl so powerful and fascinating is the huge number of modules that are available online, especially through the CPAN repository. Today I stumbled upon one called Finance::Quote, which does one thing, very simply: it retrieves stock (or mutual fund) quotes. You feed it a ticker symbol and it gives [...]
Also tagged command line, CPAN, exchange, finance, Perl, program, script, stocks, ticker