[34S] Time diff. STO.00 vs. STO 00 ?

[Thomas Klemm]

(03-14-2014 09:09 PM)Sikuq Wrote:  I am curious as to just why the loop-cycles are not a measure of efficiency given the same accuracy?

In case of Newton's method you may not need many iterations but time consuming operations like a division are used. The digit-by-digit method may use more cycles but the operations are simple and
fast. Thus it really depends on what is going on within that loop.

HTH
Thomas