我把Project Euler中的第12题作为一个编程练习,并比较了我在C、Python、Erlang和Haskell中的实现(当然不是最优的)。为了获得更高的执行时间,我搜索第一个因数超过1000的三角形数,而不是原始问题中所述的500。

结果如下:

C:

lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ gcc -lm -o euler12.bin euler12.c
lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ time ./euler12.bin
842161320

real    0m11.074s
user    0m11.070s
sys 0m0.000s

Python:

lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ time ./euler12.py 
842161320

real    1m16.632s
user    1m16.370s
sys 0m0.250s

Python与PyPy:

lorenzo@enzo:~/Downloads/pypy-c-jit-43780-b590cf6de419-linux64/bin$ time ./pypy /home/lorenzo/erlang/euler12.py 
842161320

real    0m13.082s
user    0m13.050s
sys 0m0.020s

Erlang:

lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ erlc euler12.erl 
lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ time erl -s euler12 solve
Erlang R13B03 (erts-5.7.4) [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [rq:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V5.7.4  (abort with ^G)
1> 842161320

real    0m48.259s
user    0m48.070s
sys 0m0.020s

Haskell:

lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ ghc euler12.hs -o euler12.hsx
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( euler12.hs, euler12.o )
Linking euler12.hsx ...
lorenzo@enzo:~/erlang$ time ./euler12.hsx 
842161320

real    2m37.326s
user    2m37.240s
sys 0m0.080s

简介:

C: 100% Python: 692% (PyPy占118%) Erlang: 436%(135%归功于RichardC) Haskell: 1421%

我认为C语言有一个很大的优势,因为它使用长来进行计算,而不是像其他三种那样使用任意长度的整数。它也不需要首先加载运行时(其他的呢?)

问题1: Erlang, Python和Haskell是否会因为使用任意长度的整数而降低速度,或者只要值小于MAXINT就不会?

问题2: 哈斯克尔为什么这么慢?是否有一个编译器标志关闭刹车或它是我的实现?(后者是很有可能的,因为Haskell对我来说是一本有七个印章的书。)

问题3: 你能否给我一些提示,如何在不改变我确定因素的方式的情况下优化这些实现?以任何方式优化:更好、更快、更“原生”的语言。

编辑:

问题4: 我的函数实现是否允许LCO(最后调用优化,也就是尾递归消除),从而避免在调用堆栈中添加不必要的帧?

虽然我不得不承认我的Haskell和Erlang知识非常有限,但我确实试图用这四种语言实现尽可能相似的相同算法。


使用的源代码:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int factorCount (long n)
{
    double square = sqrt (n);
    int isquare = (int) square;
    int count = isquare == square ? -1 : 0;
    long candidate;
    for (candidate = 1; candidate <= isquare; candidate ++)
        if (0 == n % candidate) count += 2;
    return count;
}

int main ()
{
    long triangle = 1;
    int index = 1;
    while (factorCount (triangle) < 1001)
    {
        index ++;
        triangle += index;
    }
    printf ("%ld\n", triangle);
}

#! /usr/bin/env python3.2

import math

def factorCount (n):
    square = math.sqrt (n)
    isquare = int (square)
    count = -1 if isquare == square else 0
    for candidate in range (1, isquare + 1):
        if not n % candidate: count += 2
    return count

triangle = 1
index = 1
while factorCount (triangle) < 1001:
    index += 1
    triangle += index

print (triangle)

-module (euler12).
-compile (export_all).

factorCount (Number) -> factorCount (Number, math:sqrt (Number), 1, 0).

factorCount (_, Sqrt, Candidate, Count) when Candidate > Sqrt -> Count;

factorCount (_, Sqrt, Candidate, Count) when Candidate == Sqrt -> Count + 1;

factorCount (Number, Sqrt, Candidate, Count) ->
    case Number rem Candidate of
        0 -> factorCount (Number, Sqrt, Candidate + 1, Count + 2);
        _ -> factorCount (Number, Sqrt, Candidate + 1, Count)
    end.

nextTriangle (Index, Triangle) ->
    Count = factorCount (Triangle),
    if
        Count > 1000 -> Triangle;
        true -> nextTriangle (Index + 1, Triangle + Index + 1)  
    end.

solve () ->
    io:format ("~p~n", [nextTriangle (1, 1) ] ),
    halt (0).

factorCount number = factorCount' number isquare 1 0 - (fromEnum $ square == fromIntegral isquare)
    where square = sqrt $ fromIntegral number
          isquare = floor square

factorCount' number sqrt candidate count
    | fromIntegral candidate > sqrt = count
    | number `mod` candidate == 0 = factorCount' number sqrt (candidate + 1) (count + 2)
    | otherwise = factorCount' number sqrt (candidate + 1) count

nextTriangle index triangle
    | factorCount triangle > 1000 = triangle
    | otherwise = nextTriangle (index + 1) (triangle + index + 1)

main = print $ nextTriangle 1 1

当前回答

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int factorCount (long n)
{
    double square = sqrt (n);
    int isquare = (int) square+1;
    long candidate = 2;
    int count = 1;
    while(candidate <= isquare && candidate <= n){
        int c = 1;
        while (n % candidate == 0) {
           c++;
           n /= candidate;
        }
        count *= c;
        candidate++;
    }
    return count;
}

int main ()
{
    long triangle = 1;
    int index = 1;
    while (factorCount (triangle) < 1001)
    {
        index ++;
        triangle += index;
    }
    printf ("%ld\n", triangle);
}

gcc -lm -Ofast euler.c

时间。/ a.o ut

2.79s user 0.00s system 99% CPU 2.794 total

其他回答

在x86_64 Core2 Duo (2.5GHz)机器上使用GHC 7.0.3, gcc 4.4.6, Linux 2.6.29,对Haskell使用GHC -O2 - flvm - force-recomp编译,对C使用gcc -O3 -lm编译。

Your C routine runs in 8.4 seconds (faster than your run probably because of -O3) The Haskell solution runs in 36 seconds (due to the -O2 flag) Your factorCount' code isn't explicitly typed and defaulting to Integer (thanks to Daniel for correcting my misdiagnosis here!). Giving an explicit type signature (which is standard practice anyway) using Int and the time changes to 11.1 seconds in factorCount' you have needlessly called fromIntegral. A fix results in no change though (the compiler is smart, lucky for you). You used mod where rem is faster and sufficient. This changes the time to 8.5 seconds. factorCount' is constantly applying two extra arguments that never change (number, sqrt). A worker/wrapper transformation gives us:

 $ time ./so
 842161320  

 real    0m7.954s  
 user    0m7.944s  
 sys     0m0.004s  

没错,7.95秒。始终比C方案快半秒。没有- flvm标志,我仍然得到8.182秒,所以NCG后端在这种情况下也做得很好。

结论:Haskell非常棒。

生成的代码

factorCount number = factorCount' number isquare 1 0 - (fromEnum $ square == fromIntegral isquare)
    where square = sqrt $ fromIntegral number
          isquare = floor square

factorCount' :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Int -> Int
factorCount' number sqrt candidate0 count0 = go candidate0 count0
  where
  go candidate count
    | candidate > sqrt = count
    | number `rem` candidate == 0 = go (candidate + 1) (count + 2)
    | otherwise = go (candidate + 1) count

nextTriangle index triangle
    | factorCount triangle > 1000 = triangle
    | otherwise = nextTriangle (index + 1) (triangle + index + 1)

main = print $ nextTriangle 1 1

编辑:现在我们已经探讨了这个问题,让我们来解决问题

问题1:erlang、python和haskell是否会因为使用 任意长度的整数,只要值更小 比MAXINT ?

在Haskell中,使用Integer比Int慢,但慢多少取决于执行的计算。幸运的是(对于64位机器)Int就足够了。出于可移植性的考虑,你可能应该重写我的代码,使用Int64或Word64 (C不是唯一的语言长)。

问题2:为什么haskell这么慢?有编译器标志吗 关闭刹车还是我的实现?(后者相当 就像haskell对我来说是一本有七个印章的书一样。) 问题3:你能给我一些建议吗 实现而不改变我确定因子的方式? 以任何方式优化:更好、更快、更“原生”的语言。

这就是我上面所回答的。答案是

0)通过-O2进行优化 1)尽可能使用快速(特别是不可装箱的)类型 2) rem not mod(一个经常被遗忘的优化)和 3)工人/包装器转换(可能是最常见的优化)。

问题4:我的功能实现是否允许LCO,因此 避免添加不必要的帧到调用堆栈?

是的,这不是问题所在。干得好,很高兴你考虑到这一点。

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int factorCount (long n)
{
    double square = sqrt (n);
    int isquare = (int) square+1;
    long candidate = 2;
    int count = 1;
    while(candidate <= isquare && candidate <= n){
        int c = 1;
        while (n % candidate == 0) {
           c++;
           n /= candidate;
        }
        count *= c;
        candidate++;
    }
    return count;
}

int main ()
{
    long triangle = 1;
    int index = 1;
    while (factorCount (triangle) < 1001)
    {
        index ++;
        triangle += index;
    }
    printf ("%ld\n", triangle);
}

gcc -lm -Ofast euler.c

时间。/ a.o ut

2.79s user 0.00s system 99% CPU 2.794 total

Erlang实现存在一些问题。作为下面的基准,我测量的未修改的Erlang程序的执行时间为47.6秒,而C代码的执行时间为12.7秒。

(编辑:在Erlang/OTP版本24,2021年,Erlang有一个自动JIT编译器,旧的+本机编译器选项不再支持或需要。我保留下面这段文字作为历史文件。关于export_all的注释对于jit生成良好代码的能力仍然是有效的。)

The first thing you should do if you want to run computationally intensive Erlang code is to use native code. Compiling with erlc +native euler12 got the time down to 41.3 seconds. This is however a much lower speedup (just 15%) than expected from native compilation on this kind of code, and the problem is your use of -compile(export_all). This is useful for experimentation, but the fact that all functions are potentially reachable from the outside causes the native compiler to be very conservative. (The normal BEAM emulator is not that much affected.) Replacing this declaration with -export([solve/0]). gives a much better speedup: 31.5 seconds (almost 35% from the baseline).

但是代码本身有一个问题:对于factorCount循环中的每一次迭代,都要执行以下测试:

factorCount (_, Sqrt, Candidate, Count) when Candidate == Sqrt -> Count + 1;

C代码不这样做。一般来说,在相同代码的不同实现之间进行公平的比较是很棘手的,特别是如果算法是数值的,因为您需要确保它们实际上在做相同的事情。在某个实现中由于某个类型转换而产生的轻微舍入错误可能会导致它比另一个实现进行更多的迭代,即使两者最终得到相同的结果。

为了消除这个可能的错误源(并在每次迭代中摆脱额外的测试),我重写了factorCount函数,如下所示,密切模仿C代码:

factorCount (N) ->
    Sqrt = math:sqrt (N),
    ISqrt = trunc(Sqrt),
    if ISqrt == Sqrt -> factorCount (N, ISqrt, 1, -1);
       true          -> factorCount (N, ISqrt, 1, 0)
    end.

factorCount (_N, ISqrt, Candidate, Count) when Candidate > ISqrt -> Count;
factorCount ( N, ISqrt, Candidate, Count) ->
    case N rem Candidate of
        0 -> factorCount (N, ISqrt, Candidate + 1, Count + 2);
        _ -> factorCount (N, ISqrt, Candidate + 1, Count)
    end.

这个重写,没有export_all和本机编译,给了我以下运行时:

$ erlc +native euler12.erl
$ time erl -noshell -s euler12 solve
842161320

real    0m19.468s
user    0m19.450s
sys 0m0.010s

这与C代码相比不算太糟:

$ time ./a.out 
842161320

real    0m12.755s
user    0m12.730s
sys 0m0.020s

考虑到Erlang完全不适合编写数字代码,在这样的程序中只比C慢50%就已经很不错了。

最后,关于你的问题:

问题1:erlang、python和haskell是否会因为使用任意长度的整数而降低速度 只要值小于MAXINT,它们不就行了吗?

Yes, somewhat. In Erlang, there is no way of saying "use 32/64-bit arithmetic with wrap-around", so unless the compiler can prove some bounds on your integers (and it usually can't), it must check all computations to see if they can fit in a single tagged word or if it has to turn them into heap-allocated bignums. Even if no bignums are ever used in practice at runtime, these checks will have to be performed. On the other hand, that means you know that the algorithm will never fail because of an unexpected integer wraparound if you suddenly give it larger inputs than before.

问题4:我的函数实现是否允许LCO,从而避免在调用堆栈中添加不必要的帧?

是的,您的Erlang代码在最后调用优化方面是正确的。

尝试:

package main

import "fmt"
import "math"

func main() {
    var n, m, c int
    for i := 1; ; i++ {
        n, m, c = i * (i + 1) / 2, int(math.Sqrt(float64(n))), 0
        for f := 1; f < m; f++ {
            if n % f == 0 { c++ }
    }
    c *= 2
    if m * m == n { c ++ }
    if c > 1001 {
        fmt.Println(n)
        break
        }
    }
}

我得到:

原始版本:9.1690 100% Go: 8.2520 111%

但使用:

package main

import (
    "math"
    "fmt"
 )

// Sieve of Eratosthenes
func PrimesBelow(limit int) []int {
    switch {
        case limit < 2:
            return []int{}
        case limit == 2:
            return []int{2}
    }
    sievebound := (limit - 1) / 2
    sieve := make([]bool, sievebound+1)
    crosslimit := int(math.Sqrt(float64(limit))-1) / 2
    for i := 1; i <= crosslimit; i++ {
        if !sieve[i] {
            for j := 2 * i * (i + 1); j <= sievebound; j += 2*i + 1 {
                sieve[j] = true
            }
        }
    }
    plimit := int(1.3*float64(limit)) / int(math.Log(float64(limit)))
    primes := make([]int, plimit)
    p := 1
    primes[0] = 2
    for i := 1; i <= sievebound; i++ {
        if !sieve[i] {
            primes[p] = 2*i + 1
            p++
            if p >= plimit {
                break
            }
        }
    }
    last := len(primes) - 1
    for i := last; i > 0; i-- {
        if primes[i] != 0 {
            break
        }
        last = i
    }
    return primes[0:last]
}



func main() {
    fmt.Println(p12())
}
// Requires PrimesBelow from utils.go
func p12() int {
    n, dn, cnt := 3, 2, 0
    primearray := PrimesBelow(1000000)
    for cnt <= 1001 {
        n++
        n1 := n
        if n1%2 == 0 {
            n1 /= 2
        }
        dn1 := 1
        for i := 0; i < len(primearray); i++ {
            if primearray[i]*primearray[i] > n1 {
                dn1 *= 2
                break
            }
            exponent := 1
            for n1%primearray[i] == 0 {
                exponent++
                n1 /= primearray[i]
            }
            if exponent > 1 {
                dn1 *= exponent
            }
            if n1 == 1 {
                break
            }
        }
        cnt = dn * dn1
        dn = dn1
    }
    return n * (n - 1) / 2
}

我得到:

原始版本:9.1690 100% Thaumkid的c版本:0.1060 8650% 首发版本:8.2520 111% 第二围棋版本:0.0230 39865%

我还尝试了Python3.6和pypy3.3-5.5-alpha:

原版本:8.629 100% Thaumkid的c版本:0.109 7916% python: 54.795 16% Pypy3.3-5.5-alpha: 13.291 65%

然后用下面的代码我得到:

原版本:8.629 100% Thaumkid的c版本:0.109 8650% Python3.6: 1.489 580% Pypy3.3-5.5-alpha: 0.582 1483%

def D(N):
    if N == 1: return 1
    sqrtN = int(N ** 0.5)
    nf = 1
    for d in range(2, sqrtN + 1):
        if N % d == 0:
            nf = nf + 1
    return 2 * nf - (1 if sqrtN**2 == N else 0)

L = 1000
Dt, n = 0, 0

while Dt <= L:
    t = n * (n + 1) // 2
    Dt = D(n/2)*D(n+1) if n%2 == 0 else D(n)*D((n+1)/2)
    n = n + 1

print (t)

问题3:你能给我一些如何优化这些实现的提示吗 而不改变我确定因子的方法?任意优化 方法:更好、更快、更“地道”的语言。

C实现是次优的(正如Thomas M. DuBuisson所暗示的那样),该版本使用64位整数(即长数据类型)。稍后我将研究程序集清单,但根据合理的猜测,在编译后的代码中进行了一些内存访问,这使得使用64位整数明显变慢。或者是生成的代码(比如在SSE寄存器中可以容纳更少的64位整数,或者将双精度整数舍入为64位整数更慢)。

下面是修改后的代码(简单地用int替换long,我显式内联factorCount,尽管我不认为这是gcc -O3所必需的):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

static inline int factorCount(int n)
{
    double square = sqrt (n);
    int isquare = (int)square;
    int count = isquare == square ? -1 : 0;
    int candidate;
    for (candidate = 1; candidate <= isquare; candidate ++)
        if (0 == n % candidate) count += 2;
    return count;
}

int main ()
{
    int triangle = 1;
    int index = 1;
    while (factorCount (triangle) < 1001)
    {
        index++;
        triangle += index;
    }
    printf ("%d\n", triangle);
}

运行+计时它给出:

$ gcc -O3 -lm -o euler12 euler12.c; time ./euler12
842161320
./euler12  2.95s user 0.00s system 99% cpu 2.956 total

作为参考,Thomas在前面的回答中给出了haskell实现:

$ ghc -O2 -fllvm -fforce-recomp euler12.hs; time ./euler12                                                                                      [9:40]
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( euler12.hs, euler12.o )
Linking euler12 ...
842161320
./euler12  9.43s user 0.13s system 99% cpu 9.602 total

结论:ghc是一个很棒的编译器,但gcc通常会生成更快的代码。