Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/16/09:11:47
> > Without being too facetious, the problem is that the Intel architecture is
> > so poorly suited for such calculations that the optimal is still none too
> > good. But yes, DJGPP is pretty good.
>
> Ummm...not meaning to start any wars... but your joking right? :)
> The FPU in the pentium is pretty damn good... 3 cycles for a mul, 1
> for an add, while being able to run in parallel with the integer
> unit...seems pretty cool to me! :)
There are other considerations besides opcode speed. For example, the
fpu only has eight registers; other types have up to 32, and you must
access the registers in a stack-like way, instead of through standard
numbered register. These may also affect the overall efficiency of
any FPU code.
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