Re: Unsigned integers

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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 07:54:27 -0700
Name: "Bob Butler" <tiredofit@xxxxxxxxxx>

>"Danny" <NOSPAMFORdaniel_ahorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:52ch8194jqga5pml24b4bkteikh71benpq@xxxxxxx
>> Which is exactly why I didn't say "best" but "most efficient". ;o)
>>
>> You know, in terms of storage one that requires least amount of
>> memory, in terms of speed one that runs the fastest. The two usually
>> go together.
>
>IME the two are more likely to be mutually exclusive

Not in this case because we're talking about data. The less data there
is, the more efficient it will be.

It is mutually exclusive in case of code, however. There, indeed, the
choice is usually between size and speed. For example, tight code is
less efficient (albeit more elegant, of course) than "unrolled loops'
which by comparison run faster.

Danny

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