Benchmark Results
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Conformance
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Checking conformance on crucial corner values...
stephan fails at -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 giving 0
sgn fails at 0 giving 1
Checking conformance on 20,000,000 random longs...
Running timing tests with 200,000,000 iterations per candidate.
Results from Roedys Machine
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"c:\sys\TestSignum.exe" "Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB" "Win2K Jet 1.4"
---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB : Win2K Jet 1.4 : Cold ----
      nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
   12,431,328,842 :   94.18 : wibble
   12,773,450,257 :   91.66 : kobzda
   13,293,107,084 :   88.07 : piotr
   13,839,184,030 :   84.60 : signOf
   28,073,022,968 :   41.70 : signHalf
   34,089,750,792 :   34.34 : twoifs
   67,061,169,506 :   17.46 : sgn
   71,749,515,651 :   16.32 : Sun Long.signum
   77,760,759,259 :   15.06 : stephan
---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB : Win2K Jet 1.4 : Warm ----
      nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
   11,699,610,705 :  100.07 : piotr     <<<<< best time
   12,428,854,505 :   94.20 : wibble
   12,793,574,323 :   91.51 : kobzda
   13,842,304,260 :   84.58 : signOf
   28,080,783,172 :   41.69 : signHalf
   34,127,598,060 :   34.31 : twoifs
   66,893,135,860 :   17.50 : sgn
   71,781,103,743 :   16.31 : Sun Long.signum
   77,759,617,214 :   15.06 : stephan
"e:\program files\java\jdk1.5.0_06\jre\bin\java.exe" -server com.mindprod.exampl
e.TestSignum "Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB"  "Win2K Sun Java1 1.5.0_06 -server
"
---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB : Win2K Sun Java1 1.5.0_06 -server : Cold --
      nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
   27,952,497,593 :   41.88 : piotr
   28,830,766,759 :   40.61 : signOf
   29,965,782,243 :   39.07 : kobzda
   29,965,835,602 :   39.07 : wibble
   34,944,613,351 :   33.50 : signHalf
   35,368,053,482 :   33.10 : sgn
   36,666,874,421 :   31.93 : Sun Long.signum
   39,167,338,587 :   29.89 : twoifs
   42,835,822,709 :   27.33 : stephan
---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB : Win2K Sun Java1 1.5.0_06 -server : Warm --
      nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
   22,424,104,181 :   52.21 : signHalf    <----- oddly worse on warm test.
   28,508,049,766 :   41.07 : signOf
   29,628,500,270 :   39.51 : piotr
   31,226,297,755 :   37.49 : twoifs
   32,873,705,177 :   35.61 : wibble
   32,896,675,695 :   35.59 : kobzda
   34,759,223,868 :   33.68 : sgn
   40,633,409,833 :   28.81 : Sun Long.signum
   41,268,530,777 :   28.37 : stephan
"c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\java.exe" -client com.mindprod.example.Te
stSignum  "Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB"  "Win2K Sun Java1 1.5.0_06 -client"
---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB : Win2K Sun Java1 1.5.0_06 -client : Cold --
      nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
   45,265,055,195 :   25.86 : kobzda
   47,253,809,353 :   24.78 : piotr
   53,159,737,620 :   22.02 : twoifs
   54,309,284,001 :   21.56 : signOf
   54,841,999,193 :   21.35 : wibble
   62,579,537,064 :   18.71 : signHalf
   66,126,816,397 :   17.70 : sgn
   68,061,871,551 :   17.20 : Sun Long.signum
   89,591,753,980 :   13.07 : stephan
---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB : Win2K Sun Java1 1.5.0_06 -client : Warm --
      nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
   49,833,707,916 :   23.49 : piotr
   49,901,906,527 :   23.46 : kobzda
   49,960,364,516 :   23.43 : wibble
   52,612,618,364 :   22.25 : twoifs
   58,110,133,830 :   20.15 : signOf
   59,777,137,597 :   19.59 : signHalf
   65,470,678,536 :   17.88 : sgn
   65,725,792,244 :   17.81 : Sun Long.signum
   96,117,181,653 :   12.18 : stephan
         Under Eclipse 3.1
         &quot;Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692GHz 512MB&quot; &quot;Win2K Eclipse 3.1 JDK 1.5.0_06&quot;
         nanoseconds : candidate
       ---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692 GHz 512MB : Win2K Eclipse 3.1 JDK 1.5.0_06 : Cold ----
          nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
       46,027,596,525 :   25.44 : kobzda
       49,476,928,492 :   23.66 : piotr
       49,788,839,643 :   23.51 : wibble
       53,838,348,170 :   21.75 : twoifs
       58,081,019,236 :   20.16 : signOf
       59,423,185,908 :   19.70 : signHalf
       62,806,778,235 :   18.64 : sgn
       70,406,942,782 :   16.63 : Sun Long.signum
       93,913,926,211 :   12.47 : stephan
       ---- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.692 GHz 512MB : Win2K Eclipse 3.1 JDK 1.5.0_06 : Warm ----
          nanoseconds : speed % : candidate
       46,314,284,357 :   25.28 : kobzda
       49,009,173,792 :   23.89 : twoifs
       49,444,584,158 :   23.68 : piotr
       50,209,152,001 :   23.32 : wibble
       52,938,597,783 :   22.12 : signOf
       58,281,786,093 :   20.09 : signHalf
       62,750,791,791 :   18.66 : sgn
       70,401,461,918 :   16.63 : Sun Long.signum
       94,704,955,239 :   12.36 : stephan