> Oh, and I compiled MacLucasUNIX with Sun's C compiler instead of GCC and got
> about a 100% speed increase, I suggest other Solaris users do the same. :)
> (I get some .5s/iter on the crappy 167mhz CPUs which is about par w/ a
> P233MMX)
This is normal. Expect a greater speed increase on the RS/6000, if you use
IBM's C-compiler with automatic profiling feedback.
Expect a significant speed increase from GCC on Sparc with the -mv8 option.
(Without it GCC emulates the multiply instruction...)
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