[MPlayer-dev-eng] [OT] C-code Optimiation Contest

[Diego Biurrun]

D Richard Felker III writes:
 > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:21:34PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
 > > Felix Buenemann writes:
 > >  > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 17:23, Florian-Wolfgang Stock wrote:
 > >  > > Btw, how fast was the winning team?
 > >  > it reached 70% of effective fractional, but dunno how to calculate that 
 > >  > factional to compare.
 > >  > Our solution had 45% and Intels Reference code hat 89%. 3rd place had 19% or 
 > >  > so.
 > > 
 > > Third place was done by my friend Thomas in only half an hour.  He
 > > reached 19.9%, so I think he deserves a special honour for time
 > > efficiency (even though he is a C++ hacker) ;) 
 > 
 > "C++ hacker"?? Isn't this what one calls an oxymoron.... :))))))))

Well, he's famous for quick hacks that work remarkably well for the
time he invested in producing them.  Besides, he has a C background ;)

Diego