| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6592 |
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)
\]

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (+ x (* x x)))
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (fma x x x))
double code(double x) {
return x + (x * x);
}
double code(double x) {
return fma(x, x, x);
}
function code(x) return Float64(x + Float64(x * x)) end
function code(x) return fma(x, x, x) end
code[x_] := N[(x + N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x_] := N[(x * x + x), $MachinePrecision]
x + x \cdot x
\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Initial program 100.0%
Simplified100.0%
[Start]100.0% | \[ x + x \cdot x
\] |
|---|---|
+-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{x \cdot x + x}
\] |
fma-def [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}
\] |
Final simplification100.0%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6592 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 98.0% |
| Cost | 456 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 320 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 50.5% |
| Cost | 64 |
herbie shell --seed 2023271
(FPCore (x)
:name "Main:bigenough1 from B"
:precision binary64
(+ x (* x x)))