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Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:00:59 -0800
From:	Kagenin <kagenin AT devnull DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Fixed Point math
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John Carbrey wrote:
> 
> 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

No.  On almost all chips, integer math is faster than floating point. 
Plus, you can't use comparison operators on floats and doubles, as well
as you increase float underflow errors.

Your friend doesn't seem to know what he's talking about.

Kagenin

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