From: yorka AT dlc DOT fi (aYk)
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Subject: Re: Fixed vs floating point?
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 19:30:15 GMT
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On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:59:31 GMT, yorka AT dlc DOT fi (aYk) wrote:

OOPS, I misinterpreted your question.

- aYk -

>No. The FPU is separate from the standard ALUs.
>
>- aYk -
>
>>Can anyone make a guess if multiplications/devisions in fixed point math
>>are still faster on a machine that has a FPU? I was wondering if it would
>>do any good to #define my code to use conventional floats if the machine
>>supports it. (I'm using Allegro's fixed math stuff b.t.w)
>>