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From: | Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: doubles vs. floats |
Date: | Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:22:24 +0000 |
Organization: | wot? me? |
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Distribution: | world |
Message-ID: | <KyW5HCAANE+yEwij@foobar.co.uk> |
References: | <32F00F92 DOT 1662 AT bc DOT sympatico DOT ca> |
<199701310251 DOT MAA23590 AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au> | |
Reply-To: | Paul Shirley <junk AT defeating DOT email DOT address> |
NNTP-Posting-Host: | chocolat.foobar.co.uk |
Mime-Version: | 1.0 |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
In article <199701310251 DOT MAA23590 AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>, Leath Muller <leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au> writes > On pre-pentium, the conversion takes time. :) NOT AS FAR AS THE USER KNOWS! (Can you tell I'm getting annoyed?) On 8087,80287 and 80387 using a 32 bit float is *ALWAYS* faster than a 64 bit double. Check the bloody manual. On a 486/7 a float is the same speed in theory, in practice it will be *faster* than a double because of caching/bus width effects. --- Paul Shirley: shuffle chocolat before foobar for my real email address
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