Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:05:59 +0500
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Subject: Re: Fastest integer type
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:

> > On my Pentium, 8-bits seem to be faster than the 32-bit
> 
> By how much?

The ratio of 8-bit:32-bit regs for the addition operation is
something like 140.97:102.87 on my Pentium.

Seems like there's quite a bit of difference here. IMHO 8-bit
(signed char) can be used.