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5 Jul 2024 06:34:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Optimized for Pentium III  
From: Data
Date: 29 Nov 2001 05:52:56
Message: <3c061388@news.povray.org>
"Jon A. Cruz" <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
news:3C053EC8.780DDC30@geocities.com...
> "Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
>
> > Warp wrote:
> >
> > >   In fact, AFAIK there isn't such a big difference between a P-II and
a P-III.
> > > I don't think a compiler could do much more for a P-III than it can do
for a
> > > P-II.
> >
> > I do know that in the Linux world the general advice is for people with
P-III's
> > to get 386 binaries instead of P-II binaries, since the P-II
optimizations used
> > will actually make it slower on the P-III than the 386 binary.
>
> Hmmm... or is that Pentium on P-III that's the problem...?
>
And the P4 would be more inclided to use 386, wouldn't it? At least, from
what I've read about it's structure, it sounds that way


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