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From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Q re floating point operations
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 06:54:07 -0800
Date: 2005-11-09T06:54:07-08:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <rcKdnaRpgeb3kO_enZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d@comcast.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dkrjmn$peg$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu

"Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message 
news:dkrjmn$peg$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu...
> How come on an x86 architecture 64-bit multiplications (GNAT
> Long_Float) are just as fast as 32-bit multiplications (GNAT Float)?
>
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Bobby Bryant
> Austin, Texas

This is an x86 architecture question, not an Ada question.

The speed difference on these multiplications went away several years ago.

Steve
(The Duck) 





  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-11-09 14:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-09  1:34 Q re floating point operations Bobby D. Bryant
2005-11-09  3:23 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-11-09 14:54 ` Steve [this message]
2005-12-01  0:10   ` Randy Brukardt
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