Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/30/21:56:08
> So then (disregarding calling the math functions, printf, etc), using
> long doubles would be even faster, right?
If you talking plain processing power , then you have to decide _which_
CPU your designing for. On a Pentium, it makes little difference (unless
you setup the FPU to do everything in single precision, which means you
can do a divide in 17 cycles instead of 33) because the conversion
from float->80bit takes no time. On pre-pentium, the
conversion takes time. :) I think you have to first decide _what_
CPU/FPU you are programming for, and decide from there...
Leathal.
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