I hope to have answers regarding the question of c under gcc and intel soon, but in the mean time: Yes, it is significant. In a specific case of benchmarking, the output was faster by 50%.
(It was a case of fp in Fortran, but it is just an example). On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Amir Sela wrote: > Marc stated he did not benchmark.. Now, I'm not a kernel hacker or even an > avid programmer, but I'm wondering - How significant are the differences in > the resulting code, be it user-space programs or kernel-code ? Does it amount > to anything larger than a 10% difference ? > Amir > > > > ================================To unsubscribe, send mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Orna. | http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agmon There are only 10 types of people in the world- Those who understand binary, and those who do not. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
