POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : imperial vs metric : Re: imperial vs metric Server Time
4 Sep 2024 03:21:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: imperial vs metric  
From: Darren New
Date: 25 Aug 2010 11:28:26
Message: <4c75369a$1@news.povray.org>
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. :-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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