Message-ID: <32B4F808.3645@gbrmpa.gov.au> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 15:19:40 +0800 From: Leath Muller Reply-To: leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin AT Quitt DOT net CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Is DJGPP that efficient? References: <32B0ACD2 DOT 41C6 AT undergrad DOT math DOT uwaterloo DOT ca> <32bea480 DOT 64918487 AT news DOT pacificnet DOT net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > 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! :) Leathal.