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Date:	Thu, 01 Oct 1998 15:55:04 -0700
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To:	Bradley Walker <bwalker AT boofoo DOT Eng DOT Sun DOT COM>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: question about libm
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Bradley Walker wrote:
> 
> When I use the libm.a that is included with djgcc, is this a software
> implementation of the the transcendental functions or is there any inlining
> to take advantage of a math coprocessor?

No; libm is probably slower with respect to math functions; it doesn't
use the coprocessor as much as it might.  It is, however, more compliant
to ANSI in such areas as setting `errno' on errors.  But there are some
functions that only libm provides, like gamma.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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