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29 Jul 2024 00:23:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why so slow?  
From: Jean Montambeault
Date: 28 Sep 1999 16:42:55
Message: <37F12852.75F3A2AA@videotron.ca>
Tonton Th wrote:
> 
> Jean Montambeault wrote:
> >
> > Edward Coffey wrote:
> > >
> > It says in the Readme that it was compiled with some "fastmath"
> 
>         what is this 'fastmath'  ?
> 
> --
>             ----------------------------------------------
>            <  tonton Th  /  Thierry Boudet  /  Mr Oulala  >
>             ----------------------------------------------
	"-ffast-math" is the right spelling. It is a switch for the gcc
compiler. It is non-ANSI. It optimizes the code for speed in math
calculation by using tricks like assuming that you won't try to find
sqrt(negative_number) for an example.

	Jean


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