Message-ID:	<32B50729.4D9A@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:24:13 +0800
From:	Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Reply-To:	leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au
Organization:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	Kevin AT Quitt DOT net
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Is DJGPP that efficient?
References:	<Chameleon DOT 850715753 DOT Kevin AT quitt>

> It's fast but register poor.  That means unless you're doing multiply and
> accumulate, you're spending a hell of a lot of time moving things into and
> out of the FPU.  Compare it to an FPU that has eight registers.

Ummm...Ok, I really have to say this: What the hell are you talking
about? :)
The FPU in the pentium HAS EIGHT registers... so, comparing it to an FPU
with
8 registers is like comparing apples and apples...
 
> Also, unless I miss my guess, it's still not completely IEEE compliant in
> that it doesn't implement the basic trig function set (partial tangent), not
> to mention hyperbolics, or something as useful as simultaneous sin and cos.

Wrong again... :)  Well, the simultaneous sin and cos is there, and I am
not too sure about the hyperbolics (I've never needed it!)

Go to http://www.x86.org and have a look around... :)

Leathal.

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