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Calculator in PHP

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:19 am
by lemonpiesaregood
Do you think a PHP script would be able to process every single texas holdem scenario to determine the odds of winning a hand if the user enters their hand and the flop in less than 5 seconds? Or would it be more logical to create it in C++ or Visual Basic for speed?

Thanks,

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:24 am
by feyd
Visual Basic and speed? :lol:

I don't remember the permutations at that point for the probability, but unless it's in the higher tens of thousands, or millions (depending on the computer it's being run on), I don't see why not.

C would very likely be faster though.


Moved to Theory.

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:56 am
by Cronikeys
To answer your question, no.

PHP will collapse into itself if you are running it on any server you don't manage ;)

I once tried to make a program to see how secure your password was using PHP and MD5, but once it got up in the 1000000's it timed out :(

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:54 am
by BDKR
Cronikeys wrote:To answer your question, no.

PHP will collapse into itself if you are running it on any server you don't manage ;)

I once tried to make a program to see how secure your password was using PHP and MD5, but once it got up in the 1000000's it timed out :(
That's why you use set_time_limit(). :wink: