On 31 May 2007 17:30, Andreas Schwab wrote: > "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On 31 May 2007 16:59, Kevin Handy wrote: >> >>> 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? >> >> It means you can perform 3x as many operations in the same amount of >> time, i.e. the code is running twice as fast on top of its original speed. > > What does a 100% speedup mean then? :-)
It means you can perform 2x as many operations in the same amount of time, i.e. the code is running as fast again as its original speed. ;-) What? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....