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authorTorbjorn Granlund <tege@gmplib.org>2008-12-18 00:58:23 +0100
committerTorbjorn Granlund <tege@gmplib.org>2008-12-18 00:58:23 +0100
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@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ along with the GNU MP Library. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Changes between GMP version 4.2.X and 4.3.0
Bugs:
+ * No bugs fixed since 4.2.4, but we might accidentally added some bugs
+ since there is a large amount of new code in this release.
Speedups:
* GCD and Extended GCD now use the best known sub-quadratic algorithms.
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@ Changes between GMP version 4.2.X and 4.3.0
* Improved schoolbook division by means of faster quotient application.
* Multiplication of operands of different sizes now runs much faster.
* Well-optimised assembly code for the x86_64 architecture for K8-K10,
- Pentium 4 and "Core 2".
- * Much better, but still far from optimal assembly code for Itanium.
+ Pentium 4 and "Core 2", resulting in around 75% better speed.
+ * Much improved, but still far from optimal assembly code for Itanium.
* Well-optimised assembly for POWER4, POWER5, and PPC970.
* Many assembly optimizations for other chips.
* About 5% to 10% faster FFT multiply code.
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ Changes between GMP version 4.2.X and 4.3.0
Features:
* New mpn functions: XXX
* The nails support has been generalised to handle more choices.
+ * Support for the 32-bit ABI under x86-apple-darwin.
Misc:
* Some internal fields and names have changed for better namespace