On 23 Mar 2004 05:51:36 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Wasn't that because they have to convert integer to double, do the
>> arithmetic and convert back?
>
>   That would be a quite stupid way of doing it, so I would be quite 
> surprised
> if it indeed was so.
>


That is, in fact, the way Pentium4 processors do integer multiplication.
It has little to do with stupidity, and everything to do with saving space 
on the die.

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