Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:06:58 +0500
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Subject: Re: Fastest integer type
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Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> writes:

> Are ints (32 bits) faster than chars (8 bits)?

I don't think there can be something like the fastest type.

On my Pentium, 8-bits seem to be faster than the 32-bit
(according to some calculations that Linux does at boot-time).
But on PII+, I think it's the other way round.