From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why dosn't my asm getpixel() work?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:20:35 +0100
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>>4. This code will run faster if you use the 32-bit registers and
>>instructions.  In protected mode, there is a 1-cycle penalty on each
>>16-bit instruction.
>>
>But then I'll have to use a long int instead of short? Will it still
>be faster?


DJGPP ints are 32bit and they are faster than using a short.