Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:18:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Prashant TR <tr AT midpec DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Fastest integer type
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Prashant TR wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
> 
> > > On my Pentium, 8-bits seem to be faster than the 32-bit
> > 
> > By how much?
> 
> The ratio of 8-bit:32-bit regs for the addition operation is
> something like 140.97:102.87 on my Pentium.

Are you sure the test program is reliable enough?

Anyway, if this result is inconsistent across different processors, it is 
IMHO not significant enough to prefer either one of the data types.