see below). However, they have a
serious disadvantage compared to their standard counterparts. When
the compiler compiles instruction ''a+.b'', the code of the
operation is inlined, while when it compiles ''(fadd a b)'', the
compiler generates a function call, which is expensive.
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Intel Atom 230 Linux 32 bits
<ul>
<li>      tan speed (10000000 calls):2.380149</li>
<li>     ftan speed (10000000 calls):2.528158</li>
<li>      cos speed (10000000 calls):1.804113</li>
<li>     fcos speed (10000000 calls):2.