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commit f1ac8f0def0d4df9e266e4b3209322a9b7070129 Author: Dana Jacobsen <d...@acm.org> Date: Mon Jun 25 04:40:38 2012 -0600 Documentation --- lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm | 14 ++++++++++---- lib/Math/Prime/Util/PP.pm | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm b/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm index f680a79..6a8f3b7 100644 --- a/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm +++ b/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm @@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ and L<Math::Factor::XS>. It seems to be faster than L<Math::Pari> for everything except factoring certain 16-20 digit numbers. The module is thread-safe and allows concurrency between Perl threads while -still sharing a prime cache. It is not itself multithreaded. +still sharing a prime cache. It is not itself multithreaded. The one caveat +is on Win32 where you must use C<precalc> if the function will use primes +(C<primes>, C<prime_count> greater than 900M, C<nth_prime> greater than 45M). =head1 FUNCTIONS @@ -789,7 +791,10 @@ If you use later versions of Perl, or Perl 5.6.2 32-bit, or Perl 5.6.2 64-bit and keep numbers below C<~ 2^52>, then everything works. The best solution is to update to a more recent Perl. -The module is thread-safe and should allow good concurrency. +The module is thread-safe and should allow good concurrency on all platforms +that support Perl threads except Win32 (Cygwin works). With Win32, either +don't use threads or make sure C<prime_precalc> is called before using +C<primes>, C<prime_count>, or C<nth_prime> with large inputs. =head1 PERFORMANCE @@ -826,8 +831,9 @@ Perl modules, counting the primes to C<800_000_000> (800 million), in seconds: 11.7 Math::Prime::XS 0.29 "" but needs a count API 15.0 Bit::Vector 7.2 59.1 Math::Prime::Util::PP 0.09 Perl - 548.1 RosettaCode sieve 2012-06 simplistic Perl - [hours] Math::Primality 0.04 Perl + GMP + 170.0 Faster Perl sieve (net) 2012-01 array of odds + 548.1 RosettaCode sieve (net) 2012-06 simplistic Perl + >5000 Math::Primality 0.04 Perl + GMP diff --git a/lib/Math/Prime/Util/PP.pm b/lib/Math/Prime/Util/PP.pm index e9c40d8..51e0b35 100644 --- a/lib/Math/Prime/Util/PP.pm +++ b/lib/Math/Prime/Util/PP.pm @@ -1065,19 +1065,56 @@ Version 0.09 =head1 SYNOPSIS - # TODO + .... See L<Math::Prime::Util> ... + =head1 DESCRIPTION - # TODO + .... See L<Math::Prime::Util> ... + =head1 LIMITATIONS +The SQUFOF and Fermat factoring algorithms are not implemented yet. + +Some of the prime methods use more memory than they should, as the segmented +sieve is not properly used in C<primes> and C<prime_count>. + =head1 PERFORMANCE +Performance compared to the XS/C code is quite poor for many operations. Some +operations that are relatively close for small and medium-size values: + + next_prime / prev_prime + is_prime / is_prob_prime + miller_rabin + ExponentialIntegral / LogarithmicIntegral / RiemannR + primearray + +Operations that are slower include: + + primes + random_prime / random_ndigit_prime + factor / all_factors + nth_prime + primecount + +Performance improvement in this code is still possible. The prime sieve is +over 2x faster than anything I was able to find online, but it is still has +room for improvement. + +Fundamentally some of these operations will be much faster in C than Perl. I +expect any of the CPAN XS modules supporting related features to be faster, +however if those modules are available, then the XS code in +L<Math::Prime::Util> should be. + +Memory use will generally be higher for the PP code, and in some cases B<much> +higher. Some of this may be addressed in a later release. + +For small values (e.g. primes and prime counts under 10M) most of this will +not matter. - # TODO =head1 SEE ALSO -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/packages/libmath-prime-util-perl.git _______________________________________________ Pkg-perl-cvs-commits mailing list Pkg-perl-cvs-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-perl-cvs-commits