Message-ID: <329E2FBF.5744@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 08:43:28 +0800
From: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
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Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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To: Glen Miner <gminer AT Newbridge DOT COM>
CC: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Optimization
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> > Mixing 16-bit and 32-bit code will usually *slow down* your program by
> > about a factor of 2, due to the override prefixes which eat up a cycle.
 
> This is quite odd. I'm going to have to re-read the old pmode optimizing
> doc I have lying around somewhere. Until now, all my work has been in
> real mode...

Make sure its a 32 bit protected mode doc, not 16 bit...

Leathal.