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		Sesse__ 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Faster asin() was hiding in plain sight Ah, I didn't know of either scheme. Still, am I right in that this mainly makes sense for degrees above five or six or so?

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stephencanon 5 days ago [–]

You can often eke something out for order-four, depending on uArch details. But basically yeah.

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