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From: bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu (Bobby D. Bryant)
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Subject: Q re floating point operations
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 01:34:16 +0000 (UTC)
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How come on an x86 architecture 64-bit multiplications (GNAT
Long_Float) are just as fast as 32-bit multiplications (GNAT Float)?

Thanks,
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Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas