Re: New Math Coprocessor - who has a need for it???

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <CA6z23.Ex6@wave.scar.utoronto.ca> 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (Brian Tao) writes:
> 
>     I don't use spreadsheets (at least not ones large enough to justify
> getting a math copro) and I'm not going to spend $200+ so I can get
> instant Mandelbrots.  ;-)  What about toolbox routines that use math? 
> Will things like QuickDraw II, ACE (and other compression algorithms)
> and Pointless speed up?  I would buy it for those reasons.

QuickDraw II: No.  ACE: No.  Other compression algorithms: possibly,
but I doubt it (I think some really advanced and really slow
algorithms use floating point, but they aren't common).

Pointless: possibly.  It depends on whether its font scaling uses
fixed point or floating point arithmetic.  My guess is fixed point, in
which case the NC won't make any difference.

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David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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