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Tom Smith wrote: |
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> Well, if they're /not/ mutually exclusive, another question that comes |
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> up is... |
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> If a program is compiled with sse or sse2 support on a Pentium II, will |
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> the program run slower than it otherwise would? (Some of the programs I |
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> have are compiled and then distributed to servers with different |
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> CPUs--P-IIs and P-IVs, mainly.) |
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speaking of manually added options to CFLAGS*, not of use flags |
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The only place where mathematics count on a server is encryption ? |
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(notice the question mark) |
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Mayor part of server software use integer math that are not so enhanced |
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by optimizations. |
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The code produced is less stable, and difficult to debug, this bring to the |
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question: why take the risk ? |
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just my two cents |
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