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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="math_toolkit.perf.comp_compilers"></a><a class="link" href="comp_compilers.html" title="Comparing Compilers"> Comparing Compilers</a>
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<p>
After a good choice of build settings the next most important thing you can
do, is choose your compiler - and the standard C library it sits on top of
- very carefully. GCC-3.x in particular has been found to be particularly
bad at inlining code, and performing the kinds of high level transformations
that good C++ performance demands (thankfully GCC-4.x is somewhat better
in this respect).
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<a name="math_toolkit.perf.comp_compilers.performance_comparison_of_various_windows_compilers"></a><p class="title"><b>Table&#160;48.&#160;Performance Comparison of Various Windows Compilers</b></p>
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<p>
Function
</p>
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<th>
<p>
Intel C++ 10.0
</p>
<p>
( /Ox /Qipo /QxN )
</p>
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<th>
<p>
Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
</p>
<p>
( /Ox /arch:SSE2 )
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<th>
<p>
Cygwin G++ 3.4
</p>
<p>
( /O3 )
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<td>
<p>
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_erf/error_function.html" title="Error Functions">erf</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(4.118e-008s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.483e-007s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>3.24</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.336e-007s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
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<tr>
<td>
<p>
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_erf/error_inv.html" title="Error Function Inverses">erf_inv</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(4.439e-008s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(4.888e-007s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>7.88</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(3.500e-007s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
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<a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_function.html" title="Incomplete Beta Functions">ibeta</a>
and <a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_function.html" title="Incomplete Beta Functions">ibetac</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.631e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>1.14</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.852e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>3.05</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(4.975e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
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<a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_inv_function.html" title="The Incomplete Beta Function Inverses">ibeta_inv</a>
and <a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_inv_function.html" title="The Incomplete Beta Function Inverses">ibetac_inv</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(6.133e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>1.19</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(7.311e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>2.60</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.597e-005s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
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<td>
<p>
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_inv_function.html" title="The Incomplete Beta Function Inverses">ibeta_inva</a>,
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_inv_function.html" title="The Incomplete Beta Function Inverses">ibetac_inva</a>,
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_inv_function.html" title="The Incomplete Beta Function Inverses">ibeta_invb</a>
and <a class="link" href="../special/sf_beta/ibeta_inv_function.html" title="The Incomplete Beta Function Inverses">ibetac_invb</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(2.453e-005s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>1.16</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(2.847e-005s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>2.83</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(6.947e-005s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
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<td>
<p>
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_gamma/igamma.html" title="Incomplete Gamma Functions">gamma_p</a>
and <a class="link" href="../special/sf_gamma/igamma.html" title="Incomplete Gamma Functions">gamma_q</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(6.735e-007s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>1.41</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(9.504e-007s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>2.78</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.872e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p>
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_gamma/igamma_inv.html" title="Incomplete Gamma Function Inverses">gamma_p_inv</a>
and <a class="link" href="../special/sf_gamma/igamma_inv.html" title="Incomplete Gamma Function Inverses">gamma_q_inv</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(2.637e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>1.38</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(3.631e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>3.31</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(8.736e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<a class="link" href="../special/sf_gamma/igamma_inv.html" title="Incomplete Gamma Function Inverses">gamma_p_inva</a>
and <a class="link" href="../special/sf_gamma/igamma_inv.html" title="Incomplete Gamma Function Inverses">gamma_q_inva</a>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>(7.716e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>1.29</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(9.982e-006s)</p>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<p>2.56</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(1.974e-005s)</p>
<p>
</p>
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