Re: [Numpy-discussion] Re: numpy, overflow, inf, ieee, and rich , comparison

[jay.krell at cornell.edu]

But is integer division actually much faster than floating point division? I
don't believe there is a fast algorithm for integer division.

 - Jay

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From: Fredrik Lundh <effbot at telia.com>
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Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] Re: numpy, overflow, inf, ieee, and rich ,
comparison


>Donald O'Donnell wrote:
>> The compiled C code underlying a Python integer division makes
>> use of this fast hardware integer division instruction.  If
>> Python were changed so that all integer divisions were done in
>> floating point, we would loose the ability to make use of this
>> fast hardware divide instruction.  This could have a severe
>> negative impact on some compute intensive (Numpy?) programs.
>
>wow.
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