On Sunday 15 March 2009 22:47:43 Bill Hart wrote:
> It depends on how long it takes versus a service release.
>
> Bill.
>
> 2009/3/15 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
> > On Sunday 15 March 2009 17:23:46 Cactus wrote:
> >> On Mar 15, 4:45 pm, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote:
> >> > On Sunday 15 March 2009 16:29:31 Jason Moxham wrote:
> >> > > On Sunday 15 March 2009 16:22:31 Bill Hart wrote:
> >> > > > I actually don't know what make dist does, never used it. But
> >> > > > assuming it makes a tarball, we need to have it make a single
> >> > > > tarball for both Windows and linux. It's important that we don't
> >> > > > split the project, in my opinion.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Bill.
> >> > >
> >> > > Done it .
> >> > >
> >> > > Notice though , make dist is slightly broken for yasm , but it only
> >> > > affects yasm docs , if we fix it we should tell the yasm team.
> >> > >
> >> > > I'll see if I can also get it to touch the *.c *.h in demos/calc
> >> > > automagically
> >> >
> >> > Done
> >> > you can also try
> >> > make distcheck
> >> >
> >> > > > 2009/3/15 Cactus <rieman...@googlemail.com>:
> >> > > > > On Mar 15, 4:02 pm, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> 
wrote:
> >> > > > >> On Saturday 14 March 2009 15:04:09 Bill Hart wrote:
> >> > > > >> > On 14/03/2009, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote:
> >> > > > >> > > On Saturday 14 March 2009 13:46:51 Bill Hart wrote:
> >> > > > >> > >> I've been working on converting Paul Zimmermann's
> >> > > > >> > >> implementation of the Bodrato-Zanoni Toom-4 algorithm to
> >> > > > >> > >> the mpn_level.
> >> > > > >> > >>
> >> > > > >> > >> I've uploaded the current code to the files section. I'm
> >> > > > >> > >> pretty much just going to convert the relevant functions
> >> > > > >> > >> from FLINT's fmpz module (in the file fmpz.c - also
> >> > > > >> > >> uploaded) into tc4_blah functions as required, much as I
> >> > > > >> > >> have done with fmpz_add->tc4_add.
> >> > > > >> > >>
> >> > > > >> > >> I thought I would upload it in case anyone felt like
> >> > > > >> > >> working on it today, as I will not be able to work on it
> >> > > > >> > >> for most of the rest of the day.
> >> > > > >> > >
> >> > > > >> > > When are we releasing MPIR 1.0.0 ?
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > It's always better to release on a weekday, thus I plan to
> >> > > > >> > update documentation tomorrow and release Monday morning.
> >> > > > >> > Feel free to do the docs and tarball for a release candidate
> >> > > > >> > while I am away today, but don't forget to touch .c and .h
> >> > > > >> > files in demos/calc and remove .svn dirs. Actually there is a
> >> > > > >> > script in my sage.math home directory called makempir.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> make dist nearly works , I'll see if I can get it to go
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> > >> The tc4_addlsh1 function has no analogue in FLINT. I think
> >> > > > >> > >> in every case it is used in Toom-4 it only deals with
> >> > > > >> > >> unsigned integers, which makes it easier to implement.
> >> > > > >> > >
> >> > > > >> > > Is this the usual mpn_addlsh_1 ?
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > Not quite. It must also deal with operands of different
> >> > > > >> > lengths.
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > >> Also, the mpn_divexacts, by 12, 18, 30, etc could probably
> >> > > > >> > >> be done efficiently in assembly.
> >> > > > >> > >>
> >> > > > >> > >> for example div_exact by 30 is just mul by (2^B - 1)/15,
> >> > > > >> > >> then divide by (2^B - 1) and shift right by 1.
> >> > > > >> > >
> >> > > > >> > > I allready have divexact by any factor of 2^B-1 , runs at
> >> > > > >> > > 2.2c/l on K8 , just
> >> > > > >> > > have to squeeze some shifts in too, or somehow combine it
> >> > > > >> > > with the mul
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > Cool!
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > >> Paul's original implementation is here:
> >> > > > >> > >>
> >> > > > >> > >>http://www.loria.fr/~zimmerma/software/toom4.c
> >> > > > >> > >>
> >> > > > >> > >> Note it is LGPL v2+. Thanks Paul!!
> >> > > > >> > >>
> >> > > > >> > >> I now believe a very efficient implementation of this
> >> > > > >> > >> could make quite a difference.
> >> > > > >> > >
> >> > > > >> > > Nice one :)
> >> > > > >> > >
> >> > > > >> > >> Bill.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Should I assume that ypu are doing a Linux distribution or both
> >> > > > > a Linux and a Windows distribution?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Do I need to prepare a Windows distribution?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >    Brian
> >>
> >> Looks like I don't have to do anything - great - I'm good at this :-)
> >>
> >>     Brian
> >>
> >> PS you guys are far too young to know real computers. Eight 39-bit
> >> registers in mercury delay lines, 128 'fast' 39 bit memory locations

I ment this machine , the one that clearly breaks the new RoHS rules :)

> >> in mercury delay lines, 8192 39-bit main memory locations on a large
> >> magnetitic drum store.  Available in 1 hour sessions, usually between
> >> 2 and 4am in the morning for junior researchers :-)
> >
> > Is this port for MPIR-1.1.0 or 1.2.0 ?
> >
> > :)
>
> 


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