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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.alliant
Subject: Re: Does anyone have gcc for the i860?
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Date: 12 May 91 21:21:58 GMT
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In article <PINKAS.91May9161918@almond.intel.com> pinkas@almond.intel.com (Israel Pinkas) writes:
 >                                                           (Most i860
 > compilers do integer multiplication and division by moving the number to
 > floating point, as the FP ALU is faster.)
 > 
I would think so, as there are no integer multiply and divide operations!
(There is also no F-P divide either, but a recip. approximation.)
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dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
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