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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38fc011071df5a27 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-05 11:21:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X Date: 05 Jun 2003 14:06:11 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <6a90b886.0305262344.1d558079@posting.google.com> <3ED41344.7090105@spam.com> <3ED46D81.FF62C34F@0.0> <3ED46E07.4340CABC@0.0> <3ED4F3FD.A0EF7079@alfred-hilscher.de> <6vWcnTWjF83bD0qjXTWcpA@gbronline.com> <3EDCBDF4.1050900@attbi.com> <3EDEC9A7.9050602@attbi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1054837344 22923 128.183.235.92 (5 Jun 2003 18:22:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Jun 2003 18:22:24 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38722 Date: 2003-06-05T18:22:24+00:00 List-Id: "Robert I. Eachus" writes: > > As you can see, in > this particular case, suppressing checks is a win for Integer, a > lose for Float. This is fairly typical. Just out of curiosity, why is turning of checks a lose for Float? How do checks make the Float code faster? -- -- Stephe