Scott, > For a wide variety of applications, the hardware intrinsics > provide both faster and more accurate results, when compared > to the library functions.
This is not true. Compare results on an x86 systems with those on an x86_64 or ppc. As I said before, shortcuts were taken in x87 that sacrificed accuracy for the sake of speed initially and later of compatibility. HTH -- _______________________________________________________ Evandro Menezes AMD Austin, TX
