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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:28:06 +0000
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Subject: RE: DJGPP and MMX
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"Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net> wrote:

> Is there an optimisation (like -mpentium) to optimise for the MMX? MMX
> technology speeds up loops immensly and I'd love to see the speed difference
> in my programs. If there isn't, then it should be on the thist of things to
> do...

No. Basically C isn't very well suited for MMX. You can find a link to some 
macros that allows the use of MMX instructions with GCC in my links page.

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