Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:56:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Fastest integer type
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Prashant TR wrote:

> I don't think there can be something like the fastest type.

All we need is a reasonable approximation.  These features are meant for 
portable code, and portability always imposes some performance loss.

> On my Pentium, 8-bits seem to be faster than the 32-bit

By how much?