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<DIV>In a message dated 3/1/2005 5:00:35 A.M. Central Standard Time,</DIV>
<DIV> Agustin Barto abarto@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I ran
some test of several Extended matrix internal representations<BR>to implement
on an adaptation of Jedi_Math's matrix code (already<BR>contributed some of
this modifications). In the attached file you'll<BR>see one of these tests. I
have some questions about the results:<BR><BR>* The performance of the three
internal structures is virtually the<BR>same. Which one do you think is the
best?<BR>* The program compiled with fpc 1.9.8 (on Linux) is two times
slower<BR>than the one compiled with Delphi 7 (on Windows). Do you know what
can<BR>I do to improve the performance with fpc?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>This would seem to be very interesting to explore, but being that it is
related to</DIV>
<DIV>FPC 1.9.8 (which is still "release-candidate" i.e.. RC 2), it probably
would get more attention if you posted it to the fpc-devel list rather than
here. </DIV>
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<DIV>Secondarily, I would suggest that comparing the performance of fpc on Linux
to Delphi on Windows is somewhat like comparing the performance of a
bicycle to that of a train. Way too many variables
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