Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/05/04:53:17
On 4 Jan 1997 03:39:34 GMT, "Bob Platko" <platko AT ix DOT netcom DOT com> wrote:
>Fixed Point math is still very essential for dramatic speed increasement
>even with today's FPU's. I never bench marked Fixed Point compared to
>floating point, so I don't know how much faster it will be; it depends on
>how often you use it. A lookup table will most likely increase your speed.
I did a quick check on floating point vs. integers not too long ago.
I wrote a small loop that only added an integer to an integer counter,
then rewrote it using floating point variables. On my Pentium 120,
integers were THOUSANDS of times faster. I don't remember the exact
numbers, but 50,000 loops required a few seconds with the floating
point. The integers were so fast that the timer (calculated to
several digits [7 or 8, I think]) couldn't register the elapsed time.
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