[LLVMdev] Performance regression on ARM

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 06:10:26PM -0700, Stephen Checkoway wrote:
> In general, multiplying complex numbers in rectangular form is pretty straight-forward:
> (a+ib)(c+id) = ac - bd + i(ad+bc).
> 
> Division is a little more of a hassle:
> (a+ib)/(c+id) = (a+ib)(c-id)/(c^2 + d^2)
> = (ac + bd)/(c^2 + d^2) + i(bc - ad)/(c^2 + d^2).

Both forms are problematic if you are about overflow and NaN. Which is
exactly what my question is about.

Joerg