From:	Ryan Blazecka <eblazecka AT bc DOT sympatico DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: doubles vs. floats
Date:	Wed, 29 Jan 1997 19:03:46 -0800
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > On PC with FPU, all float calculations are done in double precision, so
> > when you do something on a float, your machine will sometimes :
> 
> No, on ALL pcs (FPU or Emulator), all float calculations are done as
> "long double" (80-bit native 387 format), so both floats and doubles
> get converted.
> 
> However, many floats will get promoted to double to be passed as an
> argument to a function (printf) and most math functions return double,
> so using floats will result in extra conversions in those cases.
So then (disregarding calling the math functions, printf, etc), using
long doubles would be even faster, right?

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