[VM][UNIX] Gnuified interpreter speedup

Stephan Rudlof sr at evolgo.de
Sat Jul 15 11:07:11 UTC 2000


Ned Konz wrote:
> 
> Stephan Rudlof wrote:
> 
> > Such an improvement 'just' by making a fix...
> >
> > Where have the idea come from to look into it?
> 
> OK, here's another 20-25% speedup: change the -O2 in the configure.in
> into a -O3 . Might as well let gcc work a little harder.

That's great (with care, see other mail)!

Just by publishing the actual port to SF we have reached a 50% speedup
in a few days...

Stephan

> 
> Results of "0 tinyBenchmarks":
> 
> 34445640 / 1128954   with -O2
> 
> 42981867 / 1367361   with -O3
> 
> --
> Ned Konz
> currently: Stanwood, WA
> email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
> homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com

-- 
Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
   "Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.
    You can't simply say, 'Today I will be brilliant.'"
    -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3





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