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Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes).

From "Asger Joergensen" <Junk@Asger-P.dk>
Subject Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes).
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
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Date 2012-02-17 22:20 +0000

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Hi Juha

Juha Nieminen wrote:

> Asger Joergensen <Junk@asger-p.dk> wrote:
> > If You can live with fixed precision You code will run much faster if You use 
> > int's or __int64's and then multiply /devide as much as You need to get Your the
> > precision You need.
> 
>   This isn't the early 90's. Processors have got a bit faster at
> calculating with floating point values in the meantime.

Not nearly as fast as they can do it with int's though, in my experience.

Best regards
Asger-P

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Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes). Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 07:41 -0800
  Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes). "Asger Joergensen" <Junk@Asger-P.dk> - 2012-02-17 16:45 +0000
    Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes). lucacerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 09:36 -0800
      Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes). "Asger Joergensen" <Junk@Asger-P.dk> - 2012-02-17 17:50 +0000
        Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes). lucacerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2012-02-19 01:59 -0800
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            Re: Writing efficient normal distribution function (for learning purposes). "Asger Joergensen" <Junk@Asger-P.dk> - 2012-02-19 11:53 +0000
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