GHC benchmarks

[Christian Maeder]

Ketil Malde wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently implemented some benchmarks for my library, and while I
> expected a slowdown for 64-bit code, I'm a bit bit surprised by the
> results.  In summary: 
> 
>   with 64 bit ghc 6.6.1, my benchmark runs in ~160 seconds
>   with 32 bit ghc 6.6, it runs in             ~ 95 seconds

here are my results (with reversed ghc versions) when running your code:

   with 64 bit ghc 6.6     254 secs
   with 32 bit ghc 6.6.1   146 secs

Having noticed that the 64 bit ghc-6.6 is slower, I decided to install
the 32 bit ghc-6.6.1 only.

Cheers Christian

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