From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA28847; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:55:27 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA28558; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:55:26 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from calmail-cr.berkeley.edu (mailfarm.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.61.106]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i59ItOSH014776; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:55:24 +0200 Received: from [64.162.212.212] (HELO tallman.kefka.frap.net) by calmail-cr.berkeley.edu (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with SMTP id 37760560; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:55:23 -0700 Received: by tallman.kefka.frap.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:52:23 -0700 Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:52:23 -0700 From: Kenneth Knowles To: Daniel Ortmann Cc: xavier.leroy@inria.fr, Christophe TROESTLER , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] 32 bit floats, SSE instructions Message-ID: <20040609185223.GA4330@tallman.kefka.frap.net> References: <200406081815.20679.jdh30@cam.ac.uk> <20040609182602.D17538@pauillac.inria.fr> <20040609.195851.23038890.Christophe.Troestler@umh.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 40C75D1C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; knowles:99 caml-list:01 floats:01 2004:99 troestler:01 troestler:01 floats:01 quoting:01 posts:01 lsil:99 gdds:99 2414:99 jabber:01 jabber:01 dortmann:99 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk I'll add my vote; I find Xavier's occasional comments to be the highlight of the mailing list. Kind of like some zen priest who disarms an angry mob with a single phrase... On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:15:09PM -0500, Daniel Ortmann wrote: > Yes, please. I also would like to read your reply. > > > Christophe TROESTLER writes: > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Xavier Leroy wrote: > > > > > > I was about to post a long and detailed reply explaining the > > > difference between computational types and storage types, why I > > > think 32-bit floats might be useful as the latter but not at the > > > former, quoting cycle counts from various processor manuals, mention > > > what could conceivably be done in OCaml at minimal implementation > > > costs, discuss SSE2 a bit, and generally answer the OP's initial > > > questions. [...] Then I decided not to post. > > > Please consider to do it for those, like me, who always learn a lot > > from this kind of posts. > > -- > Daniel Ortmann, LSI Logic, 3425 40th Av NW, Suite 200, Rochester MN 55901 > work: Daniel.Ortmann@lsil.com / 507.535.3861 / 63861 int / 8012.3861 gdds > home: ortmann@venturecs.net / 507.288.7732, 2414 30Av NW #D, Rochester MN 55901 > gpg/pgp public key: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net > jabber: daniel_ortmann@jabber.org / dortmann@jabber.co.lsil.com > > ------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners