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| From: | Kenneth Knowles <kknowles@b...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] 32 bit floats, SSE instructions |
I'll add my vote; I find Xavier's occasional comments to be the highlight of the mailing list. Kind of like some zen priest who disarms an angry mob with a single phrase... On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:15:09PM -0500, Daniel Ortmann wrote: > Yes, please. I also would like to read your reply. > > > Christophe TROESTLER <Christophe.Troestler@umh.ac.be> writes: > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Xavier Leroy <xavier.leroy@inria.fr> wrote: > > > > > > I was about to post a long and detailed reply explaining the > > > difference between computational types and storage types, why I > > > think 32-bit floats might be useful as the latter but not at the > > > former, quoting cycle counts from various processor manuals, mention > > > what could conceivably be done in OCaml at minimal implementation > > > costs, discuss SSE2 a bit, and generally answer the OP's initial > > > questions. [...] Then I decided not to post. > > > Please consider to do it for those, like me, who always learn a lot > > from this kind of posts. > > -- > Daniel Ortmann, LSI Logic, 3425 40th Av NW, Suite 200, Rochester MN 55901 > work: Daniel.Ortmann@lsil.com / 507.535.3861 / 63861 int / 8012.3861 gdds > home: ortmann@venturecs.net / 507.288.7732, 2414 30Av NW #D, Rochester MN 55901 > gpg/pgp public key: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net > jabber: daniel_ortmann@jabber.org / dortmann@jabber.co.lsil.com > > ------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners