On Sat Feb 27 21:08:17 EST 2010, lyn...@orthanc.ca wrote: > > using awk is still faster > > For the curious and lazy ... why is that?
it is curious! it appears that the ape strtod is much faster, though it isn't quite correct: both of these are in /sys/src/libc/port/strtod.c % Time Calls Name 43.8 3.492 4385186 fpcmp 35.0 2.788 62445696 frnorm - erik