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author | Torbjorn Granlund <tege@gmplib.org> | 2008-12-18 00:58:23 +0100 |
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committer | Torbjorn Granlund <tege@gmplib.org> | 2008-12-18 00:58:23 +0100 |
commit | b2ab3174dbef101f5801247a052b0fb1515db52f (patch) | |
tree | 8e5f8eaad5a477073a61a8db640e986c8bbbe57b /NEWS | |
parent | 3fd7cd5ae763462a88db2c04e5aaf33cb4fb46fa (diff) | |
download | gmp-b2ab3174dbef101f5801247a052b0fb1515db52f.tar.gz |
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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 |