From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc61960915472029 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:53:30 -0600 From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Q re floating point operations Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 06:54:07 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.111.245 X-Trace: sv3-TQMx9zOeZEgLd9ivES8qL7ON47n2f+E+TKEEN0w1T9SRNjdKjAtrf9U7HU0Moe5mh4FmJRp5h3H9jtZ!MPPUESungVueombPUihog3/3vks2/nqfharyZdl6F4hRySItxfDrqg231jMmM0PrFU/nBZME/K0N!JapRP5cnLCYHPw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6326 Date: 2005-11-09T06:54:07-08:00 List-Id: "Bobby D. Bryant" 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)