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Subject: Re: May the numbers speak - supplement
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mhx@iae.nl (mhx) writes:
> iSPICE> TEST TEST TEST TEST
> \ dtimescan   : 2515 clock ticks elapsed, 45296
> \ timestrscan : 419 clock ticks elapsed, 45296
> \ HMS         : 419 clock ticks elapsed, 45296
> It makes no difference. Whatever is holding it down must
> be quite severe.

Is dtimescan the one that uses double word arithmetic for 16 bit
processors?  It's doing more stuff, I would think.  Weird that it
catches up after a few tries.  Cache warming?