This section introduces the floating-point support in the Intel® C++ Compiler and provides information about using floating-point operations in your applications.
The following table lists some possible starting points:
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Understand the programming trade-offs in floating-point applications |
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Use the -fp-model (Linux* and Mac OS* X) or /fp (Windows*) option |
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Set the flush-to-zero (FTZ) or denormals-are-zero (DAZ) flags |
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Tune the performance of floating-point applications for consistency |