From: Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: floating point is... fast???
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:44:47 +0000
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In article <19970120 DOT 094829 DOT 4983 DOT 1 DOT chambersb AT juno DOT com>, Benjamin D
Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com> writes
>If this were true, I couldn't do ANY multiplication/division on my
>computer, since I have no FPU (I'm not counting Emulators here).
>The integer mul/div routines are so slow precisely *because* they do not
>use the FPU - they use the integer unit, which was not made for
>mul/div's.

Its completely true *for a Pentium*.
Find me a P5 with no fpu and I'll believe otherwise!
 (Hint: Intel do not make them)

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