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From: batcheldern@hannah.enet.dec.com (Ned Batchelder)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Reals in PS code
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Date: 26 Mar 90 16:07:59 GMT
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> The PS books & misc. Adobe tech notes lead me to believe that 
> real numbers are faster than integers.  No type conversion.
> 
> If this is true can I further assume that " 0. " is faster 
> than "0.0" which is way faster than " 0 " ?

I don't know which is faster, but I would guess that it depends on what
you are going to do with it, and on what printer. If the machine has a
really zippy processor, it might be able to do the conversion in less
time than it took to send the dot. I suggest that if you are really
desperate for speed, do some experiments in your own environment. If you
aren't really desperate, then do it whichever way feels better.

Ned Batchelder, Digital Equipment Corp., BatchelderN@Hannah.enet.DEC.com