The Q6600
Benchmarks Game

fannkuch-redux description

Background

The fannkuch benchmark is defined by programs in Performing Lisp Analysis of the FANNKUCH Benchmark, Kenneth R. Anderson and Duane Rettig. FANNKUCH is an abbreviation for the German word Pfannkuchen, or pancakes, in analogy to flipping pancakes. The conjecture is that the maximum count is approximated by n*log(n) when n goes to infinity.

How to implement

We ask that contributed programs not only give the correct result, but also use the same algorithm to calculate that result.

Each program should:

diff program output N = 7 with this output file to check your program output has the correct format, before you contribute your program.

Use a larger command line argument (12) to check program performance.

Example

Thanks to Oleg Mazurov for insisting on a checksum and providing this helpful description of the approach he took -