[squeak-dev] Float oddities

Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com
Fri Sep 27 20:13:45 UTC 2013


And the exact MC version would be
http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~nice/NiceVMExperiments/versions/VMMaker.oscog-nice.243



2013/9/27 Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>

> The MC packages are also available at
> http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~nice/NiceVMExperiments
>
>
> 2013/9/27 Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>
>
>> Again, this is a resolved problem, see
>> https://code.google.com/p/cog/issues/detail?id=41&can=1&q=float
>>
>> On my home brewed COG, I have
>> Home brewed 4.10.10 interpreter VM -> 1219 1215
>> Home brewed COG VM ->  156 157
>>
>>
>> 2013/9/27 Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>>     thanks for the heads up!  I'll take a look at this ASAP, but
>>> ephemerons in the Spur scavenger come first.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Bob Arning <arning315 at comcast.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Following up Herbert's question, I wrote:
>>>>
>>>> compareTiming: a to: b
>>>> "
>>>> ---interpreter vm (5.7.4.1) ---------
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1 to: 1.0 ==> 719
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1.0 to: 1.0 ==> 991
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1 to: 1 ==> 312
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1.0 to: 1 ==> 686
>>>> ---cog vm (2749)---------
>>>> *Float compareTiming: 1 to: 1.0  ==> 28162*
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1.0 to: 1.0  ==> 148
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1 to: 1  ==> 97
>>>> Float compareTiming: 1.0 to: 1  ==> 179
>>>> "
>>>>
>>>> ^[1000000 timesRepeat: [
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>>     a < b.
>>>> ]] timeToRun
>>>>
>>>> So, some obvious questions:
>>>> - in the interpreter vm, why is comparing two floats slower that an
>>>> integer and a float?
>>>> - what's up with Cog? Three tests are faster by the expected ratio and
>>>> one took a real dive.
>>>>
>>>> Also, the profiler Herbert used could use some attention to the
>>>> NewFloat printing:
>>>>
>>>> 99.9 (898,069)  Multiline1  doOneStep:
>>>>    *77.30000000000001* (694,902)  Multiline1 [HkTestLine]  doTests:
>>>>       73.8 (663,438)  HkRunin [HkTestStation]  canStartNextTest:
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> best,
>>> Eliot
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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