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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 |
Organization: | wot? me? |
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Message-ID: | <Z5qNFFAvf$5yEwpH@foobar.co.uk> |
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<19970120 DOT 094829 DOT 4983 DOT 1 DOT chambersb AT juno DOT com> | |
Reply-To: | Paul Shirley <junk AT defeating DOT email DOT address> |
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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) --- Paul Shirley: shuffle chocolat before foobar for my real email address
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