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Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt

From Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt
Date 2014-11-25 21:31 +0200
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п'ятниця, 21-лис-2014 08:15:57 ви написали:
> This looks very good indeed. As a matter of interest, is there any
> particular reason you have used 2*b instead of b+b? Might b+b be faster
> than b*2?

Yes, it is slightly faster, but the effect is indiscernible in total 
time. But
there is not harm to use b+b.

> Also, in various lines, you use //2. Would >>1 be quicker? On reflection,
> perhaps you have had to use //2 because >>1 cannot be used in those
> situations.

I thought this effect would be insignificant too. But actually it is 
measurable
(about 10% for some input). Thanks, this optimization is worth to be 
applied.

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Challenge: optimizing isqrt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-01 12:29 +1100
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 13:12 +1100
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-11-01 09:02 +0100
    Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-11-01 09:09 +0100
    Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 19:13 +1100
      Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-11-01 09:25 +0100
        Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 19:33 +1100
          Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-11-01 09:38 +0100
            Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 19:45 +1100
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 12:12 +0300
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2014-11-20 20:00 +0200
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Stephen Tucker <stephen_tucker@sil.org> - 2014-11-21 08:15 +0000
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-23 10:43 -0500
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2014-11-25 21:31 +0200
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-25 19:46 -0500
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Stephen Tucker <stephen_tucker@sil.org> - 2014-11-26 07:57 +0000
    Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-26 21:25 +1100
  Re: Challenge: optimizing isqrt Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 18:24 +0200

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