[comp.sys.handhelds] FAST and SPEED

NU123952@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Mark A. Ordal) (02/06/91)

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

edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.)) (02/08/91)

In article <09E78DB1800015A0@gacvx2.gac.edu>, NU123952@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Mark A.
Ordal) writes:

>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.

Test it with the batteries heading toward depletion, but not yet tripping the
low-battery indication.


				-- edp (Eric Postpischil)
				"Always mount a scratch monkey."
				edp@jareth.enet.dec.com