Bayley, Alistair wrote:
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andrew Coppin

Donald Bruce Stewart wrote:
    
Some things to remember using Doubles:

    * {-# OPTIONS -fexcess-precision #-} 
    * -fvia-C
    * -fbang-patterns
    * -optc-O2 -optc-mfpmath=sse -optc-msse2
    * -optc-march=pentium4
      
1. What do all those things do?
2. Is the effect actually that large?
    

Large? Depends what you mean by large, but adding a few flags to get
just a 10-20% speedup isn't to be ignored:
  

Sure - if it really is 10-20%. (And not, say, 0.001 - 0.002%.)

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