physarum/Notes.md

sin and cos implementations:

Setup/Info:

• measured in ms/agent ticked
• 2048 iterations
• average of 3 trials
• 256x256 grid
• 1 << 20 particles
• 1 population

Results:

• normal sin + normal cos:
  • 0.000018192ms
• old sin + old cos:
  • 0.000019803ms (8.85% slower)
• fast_approx::fast::sin + fast_approx::fast::cos
  • 0.000018658ms (2.56% slower)
• fast_approx::faster::sin + fast_approx::faster::cos
  • 0.000015878ms (14.57% faster)

sin and cos lookup table:

• With lookup tables: 0.000044201500713825226ms
• Without lookup tables: 0.000043705105781555176ms`