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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 15:19:40 +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: Kevin AT Quitt DOT net
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is DJGPP that efficient?
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> Without being too facetious, the problem is that the Intel architecture is
> so poorly suited for such calculations that the optimal is still none too
> good.  But yes, DJGPP is pretty good.

Ummm...not meaning to start any wars... but your joking right? :) The
FPU
in the pentium is pretty damn good... 3 cycles for a mul, 1 for an add,
while
being able to run in parallel with the integer unit...seems pretty cool
to
me! :)

Leathal.