| Operation | Floating Point |
| Memory Reads | 6(N-2) |
| Memory Writes | 2(N-2) |
| Additions | 2(N-2) |
| Divisions | 2(N-2) |
// Forward substitution cannot be vectorized
for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) b[i] = b[i] + b[i-1]/d[i-1];
// Backward substitution cannot be vectorized
solution[n-1] = b[n-1]/d[n-1];
for (int i = n-2; i > 0; i--) solution[i] = (b[i]+solution[i+1])/d[i];