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Re: Well, that's interesting.
Mark Galassi writes:
>
> Mikael> :) As I've reported previously (long ago) I've seen
> Mikael> execution times change by 30% as a direct effect of
> Mikael> *moving* one function from one place in eval.c to
> Mikael> another [...]
>
> Mikael> (I think those hardware guys must be completely nutty. :)
>
> Ulrich once talked to me about using a stochastic search technique to
> optimize the *order* of the functions in glibc.
> Various programs
> would be run, and re-run with a different order of the functions,
> trying to optimize short jumps. A simulated annealing search would
> then guide you to the optimal configuration.
>
May the one implemented in the GNU scientific library be used?
It also uses SimAn-search.
Klaus Schilling