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Don't be quick to dismiss Powerset's indexing speed. It is relatively easy to improve the efficiency of a known algorithm. Likewise, it is easier to develop an
by xirium 18y ago
Don't be quick to dismiss Powerset's indexing speed. It is relatively easy to improve the efficiency of a known algorithm. Likewise, it is easier to develop an algorithm if efficiency constraints are defered.
It is relatively easy to improve efficiency within one module by 10% and occasionally by a factor of four or more. If the average system performance improves by 10% with each change then a team could eventually improve efficiency by a factor of 2^10.
- apu 18y agoUh, maybe I'm missing something, but how exactly do you go from 10% increases and end up with a 1000-fold efficiency increase? Unless you're saying they can make 75 such changes, each giving a 10% increase...
- xirium 18y agoYes, many small changes. Furthermore, this is a pessimistic case. If your average improvemented was 12% then you'd require significantly less improvements.