Log Library - How is it done in the library code?
Henry Spencer
henry at zoo.toronto.edu
Thu Mar 21 03:32:49 AEST 1991
In article <1991Mar16.201655.6104 at bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> kym at bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (R. Kym Horsell) writes:
>So we see that on _some_ hardware (like 68k's) the library routines are
>at an apparent _big_ disadvantage...
No, actually, we see that on some hardware/software combinations the library
routines are at a big disadvantage. In particular, on that Sun 3/60, did
you compile with -f68881 and use the inlining facility for the math library?
If not, you were timing the calling overhead, not the log function.
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