From:	"John Carbrey" <jcarbrey AT netcom DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Fixed Point math
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Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:50:37 -0800
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A friend of mine has informed me that floating point math is faster than
fixed point math in pentiums.

He told me that I should use floats not fixed data types.

Is this true?

Yt,

John Carbrey

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