On 25-8-2010 17:28, Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>> andrel wrote:
>>>> That is why they are so much cheaper than real multiplicatons and 
>>>> division. 
>>
>>> If you're using a compiler where a shift by a constant is cheaper 
>>> than a division by a constant, you're in trouble.
>>
>>   He was talking about hardware, not about compilers.
> 
> Yes, I knew that. :-)
> 
Even so I do not understand the remark. Do you mean that a compiler 
should not be aware what is cheaper (in time) to do the same thing? Or 
that that is not the case anymore, in which case I beg to differ.

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