CWS paper
Matthew Fluet
Matthew Fluet <fluet@CS.Cornell.EDU>
Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:33:31 -0500 (EST)
> Here are the numbers using the native backend. They show that a lot of the
> weirdness was caused by using C. Now, both is always as good as call with the
> exception of tensor. And both is always as good as either with the exception of
> knuth-bendix and tensor.
I suspect that part of the issue with tensor is just the native backend
struggling with floating point. You'll notice that the native backend is
slower than the C backend on call, cont, and both. I suspect the speedup
in none arises from the absent trampolining costs.
> none call cont both
> tensor 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.3 (native)
> tensor 6.0 4.0 4.2 4.2 (C)