Kevin Handy writes: > Diego Novillo wrote: > > We are *always* interested in making GCC faster. All you need now is a > > copyright assignment, the willingness to do the work (or find someone to > > do it for you) and the time to implement it. > > > > 200% speed gains are nice, especially if they can be replicated outside > > the lab. > > > > What does a 200% speedup mean? > > If a program runs in 10 seconds, then a 200% speedup would > mean it runs (10 * 200/100) 20 seconds faster, thus it runs in > -10 seconds. Must be nice having the results before you start > the program.
No. Speed is always measured in reciprocal units of time: s^-1. A program that runs in 10 seconds has a speed of 0.1 s^-1. Thus, 200% is (0.1 * 200/100) s^-1 faster, giving a speed of 0.3 s^-1. Have I been trolled? :-) Andrew.
