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FP on Linux/Alpha (Re: Compaq Compiler)

Subject: FP on Linux/Alpha (Re: Compaq Compiler)
bryan@ak.net
Date: Mon Aug 7 23:35:53 2000


David Huggins-Daines wrote in <87zompynw7.fsf@linuxcare.com>:
>
> > Try ccc on some CPU-intensive application program (scientific programs
> > are usually best for this...), and you will have more success.
>
> Right, on floating point intensive stuff it will definitely win,
> though a lot of the benefit probably comes from the highly optimized
> (in assembly code) CPML library.

This brings up another question -- What does the 'make config'
help mean when it says that the kernel has to "finish" floating-
point arithmetic?

--
Bryan Medsker
bryan@ak.net

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