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I think this should also have the added effect of being overall faster, as doing lots of addition would be quicker than doing lots of multiplication (log notwit

I think this should also have the added effect of being overall faster, as doing lots of addition would be quicker than doing lots of multiplication (log notwithstanding).

Radim 15y ago
That could be true in a hardcore numerical computation, assuming you know enough about your architecture and compiler to make use of it. In the context of this article and implementation, the speed difference between + and * is utterly irrelevant and unmeasurable.