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From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: 64 bit Integer class
Message-ID: <6590184@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Jul 89 23:11:23 GMT
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Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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I have int64 and int128 classes written in relatively portable C++.  They're
about 10x slower that built-in ints.  For faster performance rewritting some
stuff in assembly would allow you to make use of the carry bit -- resulting
in code that would be several times faster.