From: terje.mathisen@nospicedham.tmsw.no   
      
   Robert Prins wrote:   
   > OK, Mrs Prins wasn't too happy, but running the code 8 times for 2000   
   > cycles of 400 years results in the following 8 differences in RDTSC:   
   >   
   > 7091411486   
   > 7041873911   
   > 7105815625   
   > 7087706654   
   > 7077261096   
   > 7058243743   
   > 7069882336   
   > 7178577784   
   >   
   > Empty loop takes   
   >   
   > 1439083272   
   >   
   > and that results in an average time of only 24.26 cycles per loop and   
   > 19.34 cycles per executed JC. Have I really beaten you?   
      
   You have definitely come up with at least equal performance, my timing   
   was for the plain C version of the code instead of the hand-optimzied asm.   
      
   The difference in performance between them is more or less trivial though.   
      
   Nice job with your code!   
      
   Terje   
      
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