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I timed a very simple loop in C: "for (volatile int i=0; i<N; i++);" (handful of arithmetic, compare and branch instructions) with N=1e9 and it was 70% the spee

by benou 5y ago

I timed a very simple loop in C: "for (volatile int i=0; i<N; i++);" (handful of arithmetic, compare and branch instructions) with N=1e9 and it was 70% the speed of native which looks really good. I'd love to see LINPACK now :)