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|    wolfgang kern to Terje    |
|    Re: Reciprocal MUL LUT    |
|    25 Apr 18 08:51:20    |
      From: nowhere@never.at              Terje asked:              > Interesting ideas, I've got to ask though, what is the need/intention here?              > I.e. why do you need the prime reciprocals, what do you need them for,              speed up my 512 bit calculator for 1/P 1/N with minor rounding issues.       ["black peep hole watchers" and a few "metoo scientists" asked for]              > why just 512 of them,              not limited to 512 primes, but I want 512 bits precise 1/N.              > and is size more or less important than speed of access?              I search for both but see bloat as speed-eater (load-time&cache-burst).       __       wolfgang              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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