From: john AT polo DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (John Winters)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: having trouble with long numbers
Date: 20 Aug 1997 08:25:14 +0100
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In article <33FA5146 DOT 797547D8 AT alcyone DOT com>,
Erik Max Francis  <max AT alcyone DOT com> wrote:
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>
>Note that even if you're using an iteration variable that goes from 1 to
>(say) 10, you're probably better off using int.  int is more likely to be
>speedier than short.

A classic example of this would be the ARM, which has 8 bit and 32 bit
manipulation instructions but no 16 bit manipulation instructions.  A
typical C implementation for the ARM nonetheless has 16 bit shorts, so
the compiler has to do a lot of fancy footwork if you actually use
them.  In this case they are much slower than ints.

John
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John Winters.  Wallingford, Oxon, England.