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From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Aztec 5.0, watch out. . .
Keywords: molassas
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Date: 3 Feb 90 19:51:50 GMT
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[February : National Speedbump Awareness Month]

Well, dang. After waiting what seemed like 142 years, I finally got the
Azteck 5.0 update. "Hot Damn!" sez I. Know I can do all those nifty things
that Lettuce claimes they can do. Also with all of this optimization stuff
that oughtta really speed up my software. . .

So I timed a set of 3-D and planetary calculations for the 3.6 
compiled version, 31 seconds. Okay, not bad.

Then I install 5.0 (a real breeze BTW), recompile after making a few tweaks
to the code, and rerun the thing. 38 seconds. What the . . .??? Methinks 
something be wrong here. Tweak some more. Recompile. 38 seconds.

I twiddle with the cc options. 38 seconds.
                  twiddle          frobnicate. . . . .
Twiddle, twiddle
                          twiddle
  
                          38 seconds!!

Recompiled my touched up code under 3.6. 31 seconds. The problem is 
        A: I am totally braindead.
	B: Maybe 5.0 is soooo fast the longer time is due to simple 
	   Einsteinian relativistic effects.
	C: I never learned how to tell time.
	D: 5.0 is braindead and I should ask for a refund.

My compiler options are : -ff  -so -wa -wr -wu  -pb -wn

What gives?
                                                      *** mike smithwick ***

"Never trust a surgeon with shaving cuts. . ."
[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]