It is no possible to upgrade through pacman. The onlyl way is to install the zip release.
The previous release included avx and non-avx binaries. The new version includes only the avx version. This reflects what will probably be in the final release. On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:16 PM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming < [email protected]> wrote: > The original beta included a load script, and verb execution that IIRC > switched j.dll to "avx.dll" > > > Those instructions could not be found in the web instructions. > > Also, is it possible to upgrade beta through pacman? > > > ________________________________ > From: Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 3:18 PM > Subject: [Jprogramming] 806 beta-3 available > > > > 806 beta-3 available. > > > Comments from original announcement are repeated here for emphasis. > > > 806 will be primarily a performance release. This is the first J release > > where hardware features are directly used for performance. Previous > > releases depended on excellent code and smart algorithms. With Advanced > > Vector Extensions (AVX) Intel finally (first hardware released in 2011) has > > hardware that seems to have J, at least partly, in mind. > > > A rough benchmark report is at the end of this message. It has been a long > > time since we've been able to brag of a factor of 10 speedup in a > primitive. > > > Improvements in i. and related areas are important in J, but faster > > crunching is usually overwhelmed by all the housekeeping in an application. > > Some things run 10 times faster, but your application won't. > > > Please get involved in the beta program, it helps make a better product for > > everyone. > > > And give big thanks to Henry Rich for this core JE development! > > > *** > > Follow web site download links. There have been changes. Please follow the > > directions and report any problems. > > > These releases are only for windows/osx/linux intel/amd 64 and include only > > an avx binary. > > > The J Engine load will fail if the hardware/OS does not support avx. > > > *** benchmark report - ~addons/ide/jhs/misc/avx.ijs > > > 2017 4 11 15 1 > > Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz > > j805/j64/linux/release-a/commercial/www.jsoftware.com/2017-02-26T16:47:20 > > j806/j64avx/linux/beta-3/commercial/www.jsoftware.com/2017-04-10T17:51:14 > > intsr (small range) special code avoids hash - intbr (big range) > > float0 tests use !.0 where appropriate > > N in tables below indicate avx JE runs N times faster than 805 > > > 'type' set 1e7 1e3 > > intsr intbr char float float0 test > > 1.3 2.0 4.1 2.1 3.6 a i. a > > 12.9 10.7 25.8 2.1 20.5 a i. b > > 3.4 7.3 8.6 6.7 10.6 b i. a > > 5.3 8.2 9.1 7.2 13.2 a e. b > > 6.4 10.6 25.9 2.1 20.4 b e. a > > 5.3 8.8 9.5 7.0 13.2 a (+/@:e.) b > > 4.4 6.5 9.6 53.4 13.2 a (e. i. 1:) b > > 1.7 1.9 3.8 1.7 1.7 ~.a > > 1.6 2.1 4.1 2.2 2.0 ~:a > > 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 /:a > > 1.3 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.9 /:~a > > > 'type' set 1e5 1e3 > > intsr intbr char float float0 test > > 2.0 3.5 5.3 2.4 4.7 a i. a > > 4.2 4.7 9.2 3.2 6.9 a i. b > > 5.4 8.0 8.9 5.2 11.7 b i. a > > 5.8 7.7 9.3 6.7 12.7 a e. b > > 4.1 4.7 9.2 3.2 6.9 b e. a > > 5.7 8.3 9.7 6.5 12.5 a (+/@:e.) b > > 2.0 4.0 7.8 21.0 12.6 a (e. i. 1:) b > > 1.5 3.3 4.5 1.9 1.9 ~.a > > 1.3 3.4 5.2 2.9 2.9 ~:a > > 2.1 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.9 /:a > > 1.7 2.3 1.4 2.1 2.1 /:~a > > > 'type' set '1e3' > > mmint mmfloat mmcomplex test > > 27.6 23.7 17.9 a +/ . * b > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
