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Date: | Mon, 10 Jan 1994 13:40:57 +0100 |
From: | "Grzegorz B. Mazur" <gbm AT ii DOT pw DOT edu DOT pl> |
To: | djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, stst AT vuse DOT vanderbilt DOT edu |
Subject: | Re: emu387 req'd for non-floating point code? |
GCC uses floats for some internal purposes (code optimization). Floating point support is needed for the compiler, not for your program. GCC-generated code runs at least 2 times faster than BCC one, BUT: 1. You need some time to load go32. 2. DOS functions calls are much slower due to 32-16 bit interface code and mode switching. Gregory
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