Re: GP runs on iOS

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 10:55:23PM +0100, Philippe de Rochambeau wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> If you search for Pari on this website,
> https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=pari&branch=edge
> <https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=pari&branch=edge>, you’ll
> notice that it is available for Alpine Linux, iSh’s underlying OS.
> Unfortunately, a 32-bit version isn’t available, which is why I had to
> compile the source code. 

Well, at least in principle, this is easy to fix.

> Right now, iSh won’t let you install another Linux distribution (Centos, etc.)
>
> Please find enclosed make bench’s output.
> 
> 
> factor(2^256+1) took 2:06.59 minutes.

This seems much slower than the Webassembly version.
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/gpwasm.html>
though of course I did not try on your hardware, but it should be less
than 10s.

Cheers,
Bill.