I read this in the D5 help:
The generic integer types are Integer
and Cardinal; use these whenever possible, since they result in the best
performance for the underlying CPU and operating system.
If what you say is true then this appears to be
wrong.
I presume packed records are a different
story?
Cheers,
Ross.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Chuah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [DUG] ShortInt,
SmallInt
> In Pentium CPU's all 8-, 16- or 32-bit operations are performed in one CPU
> cycle, so there is no performance penalty. What you might be thinking of
> are MOV operations involving non-aligned 16- and 32-bit data. In this case,
> the performance penalty is one CPU read or write cycle - which can vary in
> time depending on whether the data is cached or not.
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