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From: NU123952@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Mark A. Ordal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: FAST and SPEED
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Date: 6 Feb 91 13:04:42 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network
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This is the first time I've heard allegations that SPEED or FAST can lead
to invalid numerical results.  In my own tests I have NEVER found the
numerical results to be different.

Incidentally, the program I benchmarked had the following run times:

       HP28C          24 seconds

       HP28S          16 seconds

       HP48SX         11.5 seconds

       HP28S (FAST)    8 seconds

The numerical results were identical in all 4 cases.

               Dr. Mark A. Ordal
               Physics Department
               North Dakota State University
               Fargo, ND 58105
               NU123952@NDSUVM1