xlohi (overflows)

Percentage Accurate: 3.1% → 22.4%
Time: 8.4s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 7.0×

Specification

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\[lo < -1 \cdot 10^{+308} \land hi > 10^{+308}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (/ (- x lo) (- hi lo)))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (x - lo) / (hi - lo)
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	return (x - lo) / (hi - lo)
function code(lo, hi, x)
	return Float64(Float64(x - lo) / Float64(hi - lo))
end
function tmp = code(lo, hi, x)
	tmp = (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := N[(N[(x - lo), $MachinePrecision] / N[(hi - lo), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 3.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (/ (- x lo) (- hi lo)))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (x - lo) / (hi - lo)
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	return (x - lo) / (hi - lo)
function code(lo, hi, x)
	return Float64(Float64(x - lo) / Float64(hi - lo))
end
function tmp = code(lo, hi, x)
	tmp = (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := N[(N[(x - lo), $MachinePrecision] / N[(hi - lo), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 22.4% accurate, 0.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{x - lo}{hi}\\ \mathbf{if}\;lo \leq -1.09 \cdot 10^{+308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left|\frac{hi - x}{lo}\right|\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}}\right)}^{2} - {t_0}^{2}}{\frac{lo \cdot t_0 + \left(lo - x\right)}{hi}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- x lo) hi)))
   (if (<= lo -1.09e+308)
     (fabs (/ (- hi x) lo))
     (/
      (- (pow (/ (- x lo) (* hi (/ hi lo))) 2.0) (pow t_0 2.0))
      (/ (+ (* lo t_0) (- lo x)) hi)))))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	double t_0 = (x - lo) / hi;
	double tmp;
	if (lo <= -1.09e+308) {
		tmp = fabs(((hi - x) / lo));
	} else {
		tmp = (pow(((x - lo) / (hi * (hi / lo))), 2.0) - pow(t_0, 2.0)) / (((lo * t_0) + (lo - x)) / hi);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (x - lo) / hi
    if (lo <= (-1.09d+308)) then
        tmp = abs(((hi - x) / lo))
    else
        tmp = ((((x - lo) / (hi * (hi / lo))) ** 2.0d0) - (t_0 ** 2.0d0)) / (((lo * t_0) + (lo - x)) / hi)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	double t_0 = (x - lo) / hi;
	double tmp;
	if (lo <= -1.09e+308) {
		tmp = Math.abs(((hi - x) / lo));
	} else {
		tmp = (Math.pow(((x - lo) / (hi * (hi / lo))), 2.0) - Math.pow(t_0, 2.0)) / (((lo * t_0) + (lo - x)) / hi);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	t_0 = (x - lo) / hi
	tmp = 0
	if lo <= -1.09e+308:
		tmp = math.fabs(((hi - x) / lo))
	else:
		tmp = (math.pow(((x - lo) / (hi * (hi / lo))), 2.0) - math.pow(t_0, 2.0)) / (((lo * t_0) + (lo - x)) / hi)
	return tmp
function code(lo, hi, x)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(x - lo) / hi)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lo <= -1.09e+308)
		tmp = abs(Float64(Float64(hi - x) / lo));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(x - lo) / Float64(hi * Float64(hi / lo))) ^ 2.0) - (t_0 ^ 2.0)) / Float64(Float64(Float64(lo * t_0) + Float64(lo - x)) / hi));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(lo, hi, x)
	t_0 = (x - lo) / hi;
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lo <= -1.09e+308)
		tmp = abs(((hi - x) / lo));
	else
		tmp = ((((x - lo) / (hi * (hi / lo))) ^ 2.0) - (t_0 ^ 2.0)) / (((lo * t_0) + (lo - x)) / hi);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(x - lo), $MachinePrecision] / hi), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lo, -1.09e+308], N[Abs[N[(N[(hi - x), $MachinePrecision] / lo), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(x - lo), $MachinePrecision] / N[(hi * N[(hi / lo), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[t$95$0, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(N[(lo * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(lo - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / hi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \frac{x - lo}{hi}\\
\mathbf{if}\;lo \leq -1.09 \cdot 10^{+308}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left|\frac{hi - x}{lo}\right|\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}}\right)}^{2} - {t_0}^{2}}{\frac{lo \cdot t_0 + \left(lo - x\right)}{hi}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lo < -1.09000000000000004e308

    1. Initial program 3.1%

      \[\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in lo around inf 10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{x}{lo} + 1\right) - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative10.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{lo}\right)} - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo} \]
      2. associate--l+10.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{x}{lo} - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/10.7%

        \[\leadsto 1 + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot x}{lo}} - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}\right) \]
      4. associate-*r/10.7%

        \[\leadsto 1 + \left(\frac{-1 \cdot x}{lo} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot hi}{lo}}\right) \]
      5. div-sub10.7%

        \[\leadsto 1 + \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot x - -1 \cdot hi}{lo}} \]
      6. distribute-lft-out--10.7%

        \[\leadsto 1 + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(x - hi\right)}}{lo} \]
      7. associate-*r/10.7%

        \[\leadsto 1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \]
      8. mul-1-neg10.7%

        \[\leadsto 1 + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)} \]
      9. unsub-neg10.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \]
    4. Simplified10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-sqr-sqrt10.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}}} \]
      2. sqrt-unprod17.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right) \cdot \left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}} \]
      3. pow217.7%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}^{2}}} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr17.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}^{2}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow217.7%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right) \cdot \left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}} \]
      2. rem-sqrt-square17.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left|1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right|} \]
      3. div-sub17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|1 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{x}{lo} - \frac{hi}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
      4. associate-+l-17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{x}{lo}\right) + \frac{hi}{lo}}\right| \]
      5. sub-neg17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right)\right)} + \frac{hi}{lo}\right| \]
      6. +-commutative17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right) + 1\right)} + \frac{hi}{lo}\right| \]
      7. associate-+r+17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right) + \left(1 + \frac{hi}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
      8. +-commutative17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 + \frac{hi}{lo}\right) + \left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
      9. sub-neg17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 + \frac{hi}{lo}\right) - \frac{x}{lo}}\right| \]
      10. associate--l+17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{1 + \left(\frac{hi}{lo} - \frac{x}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
      11. div-sub17.7%

        \[\leadsto \left|1 + \color{blue}{\frac{hi - x}{lo}}\right| \]
    8. Simplified17.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left|1 + \frac{hi - x}{lo}\right|} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in lo around 0 19.4%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\frac{hi - x}{lo}}\right| \]

    if -1.09000000000000004e308 < lo

    1. Initial program 3.1%

      \[\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in hi around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{x}{hi} + \frac{lo \cdot \left(x - lo\right)}{{hi}^{2}}\right) - \frac{lo}{hi}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{lo \cdot \left(x - lo\right)}{{hi}^{2}} + \frac{x}{hi}\right)} - \frac{lo}{hi} \]
      2. associate--l+0.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{lo \cdot \left(x - lo\right)}{{hi}^{2}} + \left(\frac{x}{hi} - \frac{lo}{hi}\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x - lo\right) \cdot lo}}{{hi}^{2}} + \left(\frac{x}{hi} - \frac{lo}{hi}\right) \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x - lo\right) \cdot lo}{\color{blue}{hi \cdot hi}} + \left(\frac{x}{hi} - \frac{lo}{hi}\right) \]
      5. times-frac17.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi}} + \left(\frac{x}{hi} - \frac{lo}{hi}\right) \]
      6. div-sub17.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} + \color{blue}{\frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
    4. Simplified17.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} + \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip-+17.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi}\right) - \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}}} \]
      2. pow217.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi}\right)}^{2}} - \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      3. *-commutative17.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}}^{2} - \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      4. clear-num17.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{hi}{lo}}} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}^{2} - \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      5. frac-times59.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1 \cdot \left(x - lo\right)}{\frac{hi}{lo} \cdot hi}\right)}}^{2} - \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity59.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\color{blue}{x - lo}}{\frac{hi}{lo} \cdot hi}\right)}^{2} - \frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      7. pow259.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{\frac{hi}{lo} \cdot hi}\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}^{2}}}{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot \frac{lo}{hi} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      8. associate-*r/59.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{\frac{hi}{lo} \cdot hi}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}^{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot lo}{hi}} - \frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
      9. sub-div47.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{\frac{hi}{lo} \cdot hi}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}^{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot lo - \left(x - lo\right)}{hi}}} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr47.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{\frac{hi}{lo} \cdot hi}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}^{2}}{\frac{\frac{x - lo}{hi} \cdot lo - \left(x - lo\right)}{hi}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification22.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;lo \leq -1.09 \cdot 10^{+308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left|\frac{hi - x}{lo}\right|\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{{\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\frac{x - lo}{hi}\right)}^{2}}{\frac{lo \cdot \frac{x - lo}{hi} + \left(lo - x\right)}{hi}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 19.3% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left|\frac{hi - x}{lo}\right| \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (fabs (/ (- hi x) lo)))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return fabs(((hi - x) / lo));
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = abs(((hi - x) / lo))
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return Math.abs(((hi - x) / lo));
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	return math.fabs(((hi - x) / lo))
function code(lo, hi, x)
	return abs(Float64(Float64(hi - x) / lo))
end
function tmp = code(lo, hi, x)
	tmp = abs(((hi - x) / lo));
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := N[Abs[N[(N[(hi - x), $MachinePrecision] / lo), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left|\frac{hi - x}{lo}\right|
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 3.1%

    \[\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in lo around inf 9.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{x}{lo} + 1\right) - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative9.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{lo}\right)} - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo} \]
    2. associate--l+9.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{x}{lo} - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}\right)} \]
    3. associate-*r/9.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot x}{lo}} - -1 \cdot \frac{hi}{lo}\right) \]
    4. associate-*r/9.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 + \left(\frac{-1 \cdot x}{lo} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot hi}{lo}}\right) \]
    5. div-sub9.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 + \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot x - -1 \cdot hi}{lo}} \]
    6. distribute-lft-out--9.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(x - hi\right)}}{lo} \]
    7. associate-*r/9.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \]
    8. mul-1-neg9.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)} \]
    9. unsub-neg9.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \]
  4. Simplified9.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt8.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}}} \]
    2. sqrt-unprod17.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right) \cdot \left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}} \]
    3. pow217.9%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}^{2}}} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr17.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}^{2}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow217.9%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right) \cdot \left(1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right)}} \]
    2. rem-sqrt-square17.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left|1 - \frac{x - hi}{lo}\right|} \]
    3. div-sub17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|1 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{x}{lo} - \frac{hi}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
    4. associate-+l-17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{x}{lo}\right) + \frac{hi}{lo}}\right| \]
    5. sub-neg17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right)\right)} + \frac{hi}{lo}\right| \]
    6. +-commutative17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right) + 1\right)} + \frac{hi}{lo}\right| \]
    7. associate-+r+17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right) + \left(1 + \frac{hi}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
    8. +-commutative17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 + \frac{hi}{lo}\right) + \left(-\frac{x}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
    9. sub-neg17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\left(1 + \frac{hi}{lo}\right) - \frac{x}{lo}}\right| \]
    10. associate--l+17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{1 + \left(\frac{hi}{lo} - \frac{x}{lo}\right)}\right| \]
    11. div-sub17.9%

      \[\leadsto \left|1 + \color{blue}{\frac{hi - x}{lo}}\right| \]
  8. Simplified17.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left|1 + \frac{hi - x}{lo}\right|} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in lo around 0 19.2%

    \[\leadsto \left|\color{blue}{\frac{hi - x}{lo}}\right| \]
  10. Final simplification19.2%

    \[\leadsto \left|\frac{hi - x}{lo}\right| \]

Alternative 3: 18.8% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{x - lo}{hi} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (/ (- x lo) hi))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return (x - lo) / hi;
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (x - lo) / hi
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return (x - lo) / hi;
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	return (x - lo) / hi
function code(lo, hi, x)
	return Float64(Float64(x - lo) / hi)
end
function tmp = code(lo, hi, x)
	tmp = (x - lo) / hi;
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := N[(N[(x - lo), $MachinePrecision] / hi), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{x - lo}{hi}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 3.1%

    \[\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in hi around inf 18.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - lo}{hi}} \]
  3. Final simplification18.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{x - lo}{hi} \]

Alternative 4: 18.8% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-lo}{hi} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (/ (- lo) hi))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return -lo / hi;
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = -lo / hi
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return -lo / hi;
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	return -lo / hi
function code(lo, hi, x)
	return Float64(Float64(-lo) / hi)
end
function tmp = code(lo, hi, x)
	tmp = -lo / hi;
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := N[((-lo) / hi), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-lo}{hi}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 3.1%

    \[\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in lo around 0 18.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x}{hi} + -1 \cdot \left(lo \cdot \left(\frac{1}{hi} + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{{hi}^{2}}\right)\right)} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg18.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x}{hi} + \color{blue}{\left(-lo \cdot \left(\frac{1}{hi} + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{{hi}^{2}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. unsub-neg18.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x}{hi} - lo \cdot \left(\frac{1}{hi} + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{{hi}^{2}}\right)} \]
    3. mul-1-neg18.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x}{hi} - lo \cdot \left(\frac{1}{hi} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{x}{{hi}^{2}}\right)}\right) \]
    4. unsub-neg18.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x}{hi} - lo \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{hi} - \frac{x}{{hi}^{2}}\right)} \]
    5. unpow218.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x}{hi} - lo \cdot \left(\frac{1}{hi} - \frac{x}{\color{blue}{hi \cdot hi}}\right) \]
  4. Simplified18.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x}{hi} - lo \cdot \left(\frac{1}{hi} - \frac{x}{hi \cdot hi}\right)} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 18.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{lo}{hi}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-mul-118.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{lo}{hi}} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac18.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-lo}{hi}} \]
  7. Simplified18.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-lo}{hi}} \]
  8. Final simplification18.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-lo}{hi} \]

Alternative 5: 18.7% accurate, 7.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 1.0)
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(lo, hi, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lo
    real(8), intent (in) :: hi
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
	return 1.0;
}
def code(lo, hi, x):
	return 1.0
function code(lo, hi, x)
	return 1.0
end
function tmp = code(lo, hi, x)
	tmp = 1.0;
end
code[lo_, hi_, x_] := 1.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 3.1%

    \[\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in lo around inf 18.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
  3. Final simplification18.7%

    \[\leadsto 1 \]

Reproduce

?
herbie shell --seed 2023217 
(FPCore (lo hi x)
  :name "xlohi (overflows)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< lo -1e+308) (> hi 1e+308))
  (/ (- x lo) (- hi lo)))